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Cavendish Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Edensor Road, Chiswick, London W4 2RG · cavendishschool.org.uk · 020 8994 6835
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hounslow 69%, England 62%
- 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
- 197
- 83% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
- First language not English
- 41.1%
- 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, 18 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 18 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 16 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 19 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 18 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 14 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Hounslow it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cavendish Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Positive
- 96%
- Replies
- 53
- 30% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on 6 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 8 parents (15%) with SEND