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Cardinal Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cardinal Road, Feltham TW13 5AL · cardinalprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 8890 6306
On the mapSearch near TW13 5AL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hounslow Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 576
- 91% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.8%
- First language not English
- 56.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hounslow Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 52 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 52 | 34 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 73 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 77 | 0.9 | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 69 | 0.8 | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 71 | 0.8 | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.83 mi1.34 km | |
The council shows every applicant under the distance rule as offered a place.
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 July 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Cardinal Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 21
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied