Nelson Primary School

Richmond upon Thames · TW2 7BU

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 227 pupils, 22% FSM

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Nelson Primary School

General Information

Address: Nelson Road, Whitton, Twickenham, TW2 7BU – View on map
Headteacher: Ms Sian Ward
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 27 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 7 of the 27 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

227 pupils out of 416 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 50
% eligible for free school meals: 22.0%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Richmond upon Thames average)
English as an additional language: 37% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15.9% a year (Richmond upon Thames 16.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% 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 Richmond upon Thames: 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: 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 Richmond upon Thames, 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: 6.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 21.2%
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: 24.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 23 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 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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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 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: 59% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 20 percentage points below the Richmond upon Thames average (79%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 52% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 52%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 71% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
Based on: 34 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 schoolRichmond upon Thames 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 20 percentage points below the Richmond upon Thames average (79%).

Year 6 SATs: 36th of 38 junior and primary schools in the area

=34Heathfield Junior School68%
=34Twickenham Primary Academy68%
#36Nelson Primary School59%
#37Buckingham Primary School57%
#38Darell Primary and Nursery School39%

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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

#1Deer Park School97%
#2Barnes Primary School96%
#3St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School90%
#4St Mary's Church of England Primary School89%
=5Marshgate Primary School88%
=5The King's Church of England Primary School88%
=5Thomson House School88%
=8Collis Primary School87%
=8Meadlands Primary School87%
#10The Vineyard School86%
#11St James's Catholic Primary School85%
=12Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School84%
=12St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School84%
=14Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School83%
=14East Sheen Primary School83%
=14St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary School83%
#17Sheen Mount Primary School82%
#18Hampton Hill Junior School81%
=19Chase Bridge Primary School79%
=19Lowther Primary School79%
=19St Stephen's C E Primary School79%
=22Hampton Junior School77%
=22The Russell Primary School77%
#24St Mary's Hampton Church of England Primary76%
=25St Edmund's Catholic Primary School75%
=25St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School75%
=25Trafalgar Junior School75%
#28Orleans Primary School74%
#29Kew Riverside Primary School73%
#30Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School71%
#31St Richard's Church of England Primary School70%
=32Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School69%
=32Stanley Primary School69%
=34Heathfield Junior School68%
=34Twickenham Primary Academy68%
#36Nelson Primary School59%
#37Buckingham Primary School57%
#38Darell Primary and Nursery School39%

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15th of 26 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for Ofsted rating

#13Kew Riverside Primary SchoolGood
#14Lowther Primary SchoolGood
#15Nelson Primary SchoolGood
#16Orleans Primary SchoolGood
#17Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood

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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

#1Barnes Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Deer Park SchoolOutstanding
#4East Sheen Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9Twickenham Primary AcademyOutstanding
#10Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#11Chase Bridge Primary SchoolGood
#12Darell Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#13Kew Riverside Primary SchoolGood
#14Lowther Primary SchoolGood
#15Nelson Primary SchoolGood
#16Orleans Primary SchoolGood
#17Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#18Sheen Mount Primary SchoolGood
#19St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#20St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#21St Richard's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#22St Stephen's C E Primary SchoolGood
#23Stanley Primary SchoolGood
#24The King's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#25The Russell Primary SchoolGood
#26The Vineyard SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,710 (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.

12th of 34 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for spending per pupil

#10Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£8,411
#11Meadlands Primary School£8,068
#12Nelson Primary School£7,710
#13St Mary's Hampton Church of England Primary£7,704
#14St Osmund's Catholic Primary School£7,463

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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 Richard's Church of England Primary School£11,247
#2Kew Riverside Primary School£11,223
#3Darell Primary and Nursery School£10,178
#4Stanley Primary School£10,114
#5Lowther Primary School£9,298
#6Buckingham Primary School£9,193
#7Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£8,807
#8St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School£8,754
#9The Russell Primary School£8,423
#10Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£8,411
#11Meadlands Primary School£8,068
#12Nelson Primary School£7,710
#13St Mary's Hampton Church of England Primary£7,704
#14St Osmund's Catholic Primary School£7,463
#15Collis Primary School£7,376
#16Thomson House School£7,353
#17Barnes Primary School£7,347
#18The King's Church of England Primary School£7,206
#19St James's Catholic Primary School£7,179
#20Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School£7,159
#21The Vineyard School£7,051
#22Deer Park School£7,026
#23St Stephen's C E Primary School£7,000
#24East Sheen Primary School£6,955
#25St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,939
#26Sheen Mount Primary School£6,798
#27St Edmund's Catholic Primary School£6,733
#28Chase Bridge Primary School£6,720
#29Twickenham Primary Academy£6,716
#30Marshgate Primary School£6,510
#31St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary School£6,483
#32Orleans Primary School£6,457
#33Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School£6,442
#34St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School£5,991

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