Bousfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: South Bolton Gardens, London, SW5 0DJ – View on map
- Phone: 02073736544
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jane Griffiths
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 76 families put it first for 58 places – 13 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 58 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 20 · 2024 17 · 2025 15 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 59
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Kensington and Chelsea average)
- English as an additional language: 69% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.8% a year (Kensington and Chelsea 21.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 15% moved to another school, 85% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kensington and Chelsea: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 35% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Kensington and Chelsea average (77%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 79% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 79%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 78% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 110
- Based on: 54 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 14th of 25 junior and primary schools in the area
- =12Avondale Park Primary School76%
- =12Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School76%
- =14Bousfield Primary School74%
- =14Christ Church CofE Primary School74%
- #16St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School72%
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10th of 20 primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea for Ofsted rating
- #8Ark Brunel Primary AcademyGood
- #9Avondale Park Primary SchoolGood
- #10Bousfield Primary SchoolGood
- #11Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #12Our Lady of Victories RC Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,597 (2024-25)
25th of 26 primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea for spending per pupil
- #23St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£7,858
- #24St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School£7,743
- #25Bousfield Primary School£7,597
- #26Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School£3,574
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