John Betts Primary School
General Information
- Address: Paddenswick Road, London, W6 0UA – View on map
- Phone: 02087482465
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Whitehead
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 69 families put it first for 29 places – 24 for every 10 places. 39% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 18 · 2024 19 · 2025 23 · 2026 24
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (less mixed than the Hammersmith and Fulham average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.9% a year (Hammersmith and Fulham 26.1%, 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 Hammersmith and Fulham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 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 Hammersmith and Fulham, 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: 2.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2021 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 100% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 36% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points above the Hammersmith and Fulham average (77%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 91% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 91%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 100% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 110
- Based on: 28 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 1st of 35 junior and primary schools in the area
- =1Good Shepherd RC Primary School100%
- =1John Betts Primary School100%
- #3Addison Primary School93%
- =4Holy Cross RC School92%
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19th of 32 primary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for Ofsted rating
- #17Greenside Primary SchoolGood
- #18Holy Cross RC SchoolGood
- #19John Betts Primary SchoolGood
- #20Kenmont Primary SchoolGood
- #21Melcombe Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,176 (2024-25)
20th of 35 primary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for spending per pupil
- #18St Mary's Catholic Primary School£10,116
- #19Ark Bentworth Primary Academy£9,555
- #20John Betts Primary School£9,176
- #21Greenside Primary School£9,114
- #22St Peter's Primary School£9,093
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