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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 237 pupils

Essendine Primary School

Essendine Road, London, W9 2LR · Westminster
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Ofsted: School remains Good · March 2023Top 33% (11/34)Fewer first choices than places (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 983rd of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 33%.
Top 33% (11/34)Rank among 34 Westminster primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
School remains Good, March 2023
Results
84% expected standard; 37% higher standard
Size
237 pupils; 29 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
Westminster council
Type
Community school
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 84%, against 72% in Westminster.
  • Higher standard: 37%, against 13% in Westminster.
  • Sessions missed: 7.7%, against 6.4% in Westminster.
  • Persistently absent: 24.2%, against 19.2% in Westminster.
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceWestminster City Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Westminster City Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2024 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Westminster City Council, 2024 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception20263079———
Reception20253078———
Reception20243089———

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 29 March 2023
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • School remains Good
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 84% (England 62%) (county 72%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 37% (England 8%) (county 13%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard84%62%72%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard37%8%13%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 33% (11/34)
Westminster league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 7.7% of sessions missed; 24% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 25.9 pupils; 15% of classes have more than 30
  • 20.6 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 88 m, tram or metro 667 m
  • 117 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 14 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 21.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.3 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.7%4.1%3.5%24%1.8%
2023/247.6%4.2%3.4%25%2.0%
2022/239.5%5.9%3.6%31%1.8%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.50.4%40
2023/240.00.0%00
2022/230.30.3%10
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.92025/26
Classes over 30 pupils15%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.6November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus88
tram or metro667

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 14 serious and 1 fatal in all; 14 involved a pedestrian, 34 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202519
202420
202323
202228
202127

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO221.02024
PM1015.32024
PM259.32024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals50%2025/26
First language other than English79%2025/26
SEN support24%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.5%2025/26
Girls47%2025/26

Ofsted

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2023.

DateKindOutcome
29 March 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 25 families put it first for 29 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202629257925
Reception202530257825
Reception202430258925
Reception2023302910028
Reception202227237123
Reception2021332711427
Reception2020433312133
Reception2019473310533
Reception2018353211732
Reception2017605213750

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (Westminster), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School Maida Vale0.0 miles
Bright Starz Day Nursery0.2 miles
Elgin Estate Playgroup0.3 miles
Windmill Montessori School0.3 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Westminster City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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