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Van Gogh Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Cowley Road, London SW9 6HF · vangoghprimary.org.uk · 020 7735 8348
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2017/18
- 36.3
- average Attainment 8 score
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Lambeth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 239
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 64.9%
- First language not English
- 41.4%
- 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: Lambeth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 18 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2017/18 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.3, and 28% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths.
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Lambeth it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136288)
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2017/18 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.3 | 46.5 | ||
| ▼28.0% | 43.3% | ||
| ▼53.0% | 64.2% | ||
| ▲44.0% | 38.4% | ||
| EBacc average points | ▼3.42 | 4.04 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136288)
Progress 8 2017/18: -1.58 (95% confidence interval -2.03 to -1.13)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2017/18 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 25 | +9 |
| Sixth form college | 22 | 0 |
| Further education | 47 | −6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | 0 |
| Employment | 3 | — |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 136288)
Ofsted
Van Gogh Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136288), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136288)
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136288)
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136288)
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 14
- 4% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied