Henry Cavendish Primary School

Lambeth · SW12 0JA

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 873 pupils, 12.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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Henry Cavendish Primary School

General Information

Address: Hydethorpe Road, London, SW12 0JA – View on map
Phone: 02086733376
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Matthew Apsley
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 94 families put it first for 60 places – 16 for every 10 places. 62% of them were offered a place. 23 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 16 · 2026 16
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

873 pupils out of 927 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 111
% eligible for free school meals: 12.7%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Lambeth average)
English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 18.1% a year (Lambeth 20.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Lambeth: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.4 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 Lambeth, 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: 5.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 42 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Lambeth average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 75% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 75%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 79% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
Based on: 104 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

This schoolLambeth averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 7 percentage points above the Lambeth average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 16th of 56 junior and primary schools in the area

=14Jubilee Primary School79%
=14Walnut Tree Walk Primary School79%
=16Henry Cavendish Primary School77%
=16Reay Primary School77%
#18Heathbrook Primary School76%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Iqra Primary School97%
=1St Helen's Catholic Primary School97%
#3Stockwell Primary School95%
#4Streatham Wells Primary93%
#5St Andrew's Catholic Primary School92%
#6Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School90%
#7Bonneville Primary School89%
=8Herbert Morrison Primary School88%
=8Rosendale Primary School88%
=10Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary School85%
=10Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School85%
=10Jessop Primary School85%
#13Granton Primary School80%
=14Jubilee Primary School79%
=14Walnut Tree Walk Primary School79%
=16Henry Cavendish Primary School77%
=16Reay Primary School77%
#18Heathbrook Primary School76%
=19Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School74%
=19Woodmansterne School74%
=21Christ Church Primary SW973%
=21The Orchard School73%
=23St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School72%
=23Sudbourne Primary School72%
=25Clapham Manor Primary School71%
=25Glenbrook Primary School71%
=25St Luke's Church of England Primary School71%
=28Dunraven School70%
=28St Andrew's Church of England Primary School70%
=28Telferscot Primary School70%
=31Allen Edwards Primary School69%
=31Hill Mead Primary School69%
#33Crown Lane Primary School68%
=34Kingswood Primary School66%
=34Van Gogh Primary66%
#36Macaulay Church of England Primary School65%
=37Elm Wood School64%
=37Julian's School64%
=37St Mark's Church of England Primary School64%
=37Vauxhall Primary School64%
=41Fenstanton Primary School63%
=41Larkhall Primary Campus63%
#43St Stephen's Church of England Primary School61%
#44Oasis Academy South Bank Primary60%
#45St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School59%
#46Henry Fawcett Primary School58%
#47Hitherfield Primary School57%
=48Ashmole Primary School56%
=48St Anne's Catholic Primary School56%
#50Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School54%
#51St Saviour's Church of England Primary School52%
#52Sunnyhill Primary School51%
#53Richard Atkins Primary School50%
=54St Jude's Church of England Primary School45%
=54St Leonard's Church of England Primary School45%
#56Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism21%

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5th of 47 primary schools in Lambeth for Ofsted rating

#3Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Granton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Henry Cavendish Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Herbert Morrison Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Iqra Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Ashmole Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Bonneville Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Granton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Henry Cavendish Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Herbert Morrison Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Iqra Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8Jessop Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9Reay Primary SchoolOutstanding
#10Rosendale Primary SchoolOutstanding
#11St Andrew's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#12St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#13Streatham Wells PrimaryOutstanding
#14The Orchard SchoolOutstanding
#15Allen Edwards Primary SchoolGood
#16Christ Church Primary SW9Good
#17Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Clapham Manor Primary SchoolGood
#19Crown Lane Primary SchoolGood
#20Heathbrook Primary SchoolGood
#21Henry Fawcett Primary SchoolGood
#22Hitherfield Primary SchoolGood
#23Jubilee Primary SchoolGood
#24Julian's SchoolGood
#25Larkhall Primary CampusGood
#26Loughborough Primary SchoolGood
#27Macaulay Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#28Oasis Academy South Bank PrimaryGood
#29Richard Atkins Primary SchoolGood
#30St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#31St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#32St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#33St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#34St Jude's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#35St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#36St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#37St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#38St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#39Stockwell Primary SchoolGood
#40Sudbourne Primary SchoolGood
#41Sunnyhill Primary SchoolGood
#42Van Gogh PrimaryGood
#43Vauxhall Primary SchoolGood
#44Walnut Tree Walk Primary SchoolGood
#45Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and AutismGood
#46Fenstanton Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#47Hill Mead Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,029 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

43rd of 56 primary schools in Lambeth for spending per pupil

#41The Orchard School£9,137
#42Telferscot Primary School£9,077
#43Henry Cavendish Primary School£9,029
#44Streatham Wells Primary£9,028
#45Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School£8,986

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1St Bede's Catholic Primary School£21,563
#2Fenstanton Primary School£17,415
#3Glenbrook Primary School£17,218
#4Jubilee Primary School£16,084
#5Larkhall Primary Campus£15,894
#6Henry Fawcett Primary School£14,844
#7Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism£14,690
#8Hill Mead Primary School£13,201
#9Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School£12,420
#10Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£12,350
#11Hitherfield Primary School£12,189
#12Stockwell Primary School£12,036
#13Vauxhall Primary School£11,775
#14St Andrew's Church of England Primary School£11,710
#15St Saviour's Church of England Primary School£11,654
#16Christ Church Primary SW9£11,617
#17Allen Edwards Primary School£11,570
#18St Anne's Catholic Primary School£11,428
#19Oasis Academy South Bank Primary£11,416
#20Kingswood Primary School£11,341
#21Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary School£11,082
#22Macaulay Church of England Primary School£11,017
#23Van Gogh Primary£10,801
#24Crown Lane Primary School£10,618
#25Richard Atkins Primary School£10,502
#26St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School£10,312
#27St Stephen's Church of England Primary School£10,274
#28St Luke's Church of England Primary School£10,194
#29Clapham Manor Primary School£10,133
#30Reay Primary School£9,904
#31Sunnyhill Primary School£9,808
#32Jessop Primary School£9,710
#33St Jude's Church of England Primary School£9,635
#34Herbert Morrison Primary School£9,605
#35Bonneville Primary School£9,434
#36St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School£9,403
#37Elm Wood School£9,372
#38St Mark's Church of England Primary School£9,346
#39Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School£9,225
#40Ashmole Primary School£9,186
#41The Orchard School£9,137
#42Telferscot Primary School£9,077
#43Henry Cavendish Primary School£9,029
#44Streatham Wells Primary£9,028
#45Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School£8,986
#46Heathbrook Primary School£8,983
#47Granton Primary School£8,952
#48Rosendale Primary School£8,838
#49Sudbourne Primary School£8,677
#50Iqra Primary School£8,662
#51St Helen's Catholic Primary School£8,646
#52Loughborough Primary School£8,468
#53St Andrew's Catholic Primary School£8,082
#54Julian's School£8,024
#55Walnut Tree Walk Primary School£7,981
#56St Leonard's Church of England Primary School£7,283

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