Lady Margaret Primary School

Ealing · UB1 2NH

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 434 pupils, 24.6% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Lady Margaret Primary School

General Information

Address: Lady Margaret Road, Southall, UB1 2NH – View on map
Phone: 02085666486
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Helen Rai
Age range: 4-11 years
Furthest place offered from: Not distance-based that year - all applicants offered From the council's own Sept 2026 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 44 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 44 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

434 pupils out of 630 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 98
% eligible for free school meals: 24.6%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Ealing average)
English as an additional language: 86% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 24.3% a year (Ealing 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% 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 Ealing: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.1 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 Ealing, 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: 6.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 18.0%
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: 10.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

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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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card February 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching Exceptional
Achievement Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing Exceptional
Early years Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Ealing average (70%)
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 86% · Writing 92% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
Based on: 79 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 schoolEaling averageEngland↗ Improving Up 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 10 percentage points above the Ealing average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 13th of 58 junior and primary schools in the area

=13Fielding Primary School80%
=13Holy Family Catholic Primary School80%
=13Lady Margaret Primary School80%
#16Little Ealing Primary School79%
=17Ravenor Primary School78%

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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

#1Southfield Primary School100%
#2Ark Priory Primary Academy88%
#3Montpelier Primary School87%
=4Brentside Primary School85%
=4Tudor Primary School85%
#6Hambrough Primary School84%
=7Durdans Park Primary School83%
=7Selborne Primary School83%
=9Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School82%
=9Dairy Meadow Primary School82%
=9St John's Primary School82%
#12Clifton Primary School81%
=13Fielding Primary School80%
=13Holy Family Catholic Primary School80%
=13Lady Margaret Primary School80%
#16Little Ealing Primary School79%
=17Ravenor Primary School78%
=17Stanhope Primary School78%
=19Khalsa Primary School77%
=19The Edward Betham Church of England Primary School77%
=21Oaklands Primary School76%
=21Three Bridges Primary School76%
=23Ark Byron Primary Academy75%
=23North Ealing Primary School75%
#25Gifford Primary School72%
=26Downe Manor Primary School69%
=26Horsenden Primary School69%
=28Blair Peach Primary School68%
=28Grange Primary School68%
=28Greenwood Primary School68%
=31North Primary School67%
=31St Mark's Primary School67%
=31St Mary's Church of England Primary Norwood Green67%
=31Wolf Fields Primary School67%
#35Willow Tree Primary School66%
=36Vicar's Green Primary School65%
=36West Twyford Primary School65%
=38Dormers Wells Primary School64%
=38Viking Primary School64%
=40Featherstone Primary and Nursery School63%
=40Havelock Primary School, Nursery & Arp63%
#42Oldfield Primary School62%
#43Petts Hill Primary School61%
=44Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School59%
=44Mayfield Primary School59%
=46Coston Primary School58%
=46John Perryn Primary School58%
=48Derwentwater Primary School57%
=48Hobbayne Primary School57%
=50East Acton Primary School56%
=50Wood End Primary School56%
#52Alec Reed Academy55%
#53West Acton Primary School54%
#54Perivale Primary School53%
#55Woodlands Academy52%
#56Allenby Primary School44%
#57Acton Gardens Primary School35%
#58Drayton Green Primary School33%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,338 (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.

21st of 57 primary schools in Ealing for spending per pupil

#19Featherstone Primary and Nursery School£8,379
#20Three Bridges Primary School£8,353
#21Lady Margaret Primary School£8,338
#22St John's Primary School£8,311
#23Derwentwater Primary School£8,251

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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

#1Drayton Green Primary School£11,424
#2Downe Manor Primary School£10,862
#3Wolf Fields Primary School£10,604
#4Allenby Primary School£10,481
#5Willow Tree Primary School£10,311
#6Woodlands Academy£10,211
#7Havelock Primary School, Nursery & Arp£9,817
#8St Mary's Church of England Primary Norwood Green£9,698
#9Acton Gardens Primary School£9,668
#10Hobbayne Primary School£9,517
#11Coston Primary School£9,431
#12East Acton Primary School£9,245
#13Viking Primary School£9,059
#14Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School£8,923
#15Petts Hill Primary School£8,920
#16Fielding Primary School£8,660
#17John Perryn Primary School£8,626
#18Dairy Meadow Primary School£8,387
#19Featherstone Primary and Nursery School£8,379
#20Three Bridges Primary School£8,353
#21Lady Margaret Primary School£8,338
#22St John's Primary School£8,311
#23Derwentwater Primary School£8,251
#24Wood End Primary School£8,187
#25Dormers Wells Primary School£8,154
#26West Acton Primary School£8,099
#27Gifford Primary School£8,091
#28Oldfield Primary School£8,036
#29Clifton Primary School£8,032
#30Tudor Primary School£8,028
#31Hambrough Primary School£8,024
#32Oaklands Primary School£7,982
#33Grange Primary School£7,973
#34West Twyford Primary School£7,880
#35The Edward Betham Church of England Primary School£7,855
#36North Primary School£7,785
#37Ravenor Primary School£7,776
#38Brentside Primary School£7,743
#39Selborne Primary School£7,740
#40Durdans Park Primary School£7,656
#41Blair Peach Primary School£7,603
#42North Ealing Primary School£7,593
#43Horsenden Primary School£7,571
#44Vicar's Green Primary School£7,505
#45Mayfield Primary School£7,477
#46St Mark's Primary School£7,418
#47Khalsa Primary School£7,277
#48Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School£7,275
#49Greenwood Primary School£7,197
#50Ark Byron Primary Academy£7,169
#51Stanhope Primary School£7,155
#52Perivale Primary School£7,139
#53Montpelier Primary School£6,911
#54Ark Priory Primary Academy£6,880
#55Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,670
#56Little Ealing Primary School£6,572
#57Southfield Primary School£6,027

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