Ropery Walk Primary School

Primary · state · ages 4–11 · 219 pupils · SR7 7JZ

UngradedOfstedInspected Nov 2024

12%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.0Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

68%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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32.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Standards maintained at an ungraded inspection

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths68% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths12% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)64% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 106, maths 108.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put it first for 31 places (1.0 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	22	22	1.0	100%
Reception, 2025	38	38	1.0	100%
Reception, 2026	31	31	1.0	100%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (1 courts), artificial hockey pitch.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£8,390spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

77%of spending on staff, 47% on teachers

£164krevenue reserve (9.6% of a year's income)

−£121kdeficit in the year

Income £1.7m, spending £1.8m (April 2025 to March 2026, 219 pupils).

Living near Ropery Walk Primary School

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence.

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Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.0

100%

Reception, 2025

1.0

100%

Reception, 2026

1.0

100%