The Stonebridge School
General Information
- Address: Shakespeare Avenue, London, NW10 8NG – View on map
- Phone: 02089656965
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Kate Pelazza
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Furthest place offered from: Not distance-based that year - not oversubscribed in 2026, places were available 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): 18 families put it first for 18 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 18 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 187
- % eligible for free school meals: 55.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Brent average)
- English as an additional language: 73% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 35.5% a year (Brent 20.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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 Brent: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.3 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 Brent, 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: 7.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 23.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 28 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 49% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 22 percentage points below the Brent average (71%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 71% · Maths 62% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 45 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 51st of 54 junior and primary schools in the area
- #50Lyon Park Primary School50%
- =51Roe Green Junior School49%
- =51The Stonebridge School49%
- #53Furness Primary School43%
- #54The Kilburn Park School Foundation37%
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39th of 40 primary schools in Brent for Ofsted rating
- #37Uxendon Manor Primary SchoolGood
- #38Wembley Primary SchoolGood
- #39The Stonebridge SchoolRequires improvement
- #40Harris Primary Academy South KentonInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,940 (2024-25)
40th of 48 primary schools in Brent for spending per pupil
- #38St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School£7,111
- #39Gladstone Park Primary School£7,019
- #40The Stonebridge School£6,940
- #41Barham Primary School£6,787
- #42East Lane Primary School£6,775
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