Primary · SW12 · London

Ravenstone Primary School

Ravenstone Street, Balham, London, SW12 9SS

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WANDLE LEARNING TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)94.2%
Attainment (2024/25)72% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils283

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 17 Oct 2023.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SW12. Where we have them, council (Wandsworth) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
283
Free school meals
23%
10.4% below district average (33.4%)

Also: Wandsworth 28.5% · England 24.7%

SEN
17.8%
5.8% below district average (23.6%)

Also: Wandsworth 19.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
28.9%
8.4% below district average (37.3%)
Attendance
94.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.2% above district average (94%)

Also: Wandsworth 94.7% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SW12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

14.2%

0.9% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

72%

10% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

13%

5% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

87%

12% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

83%

11% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

85%

11% above England (74%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put this school first. 26 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
32
First-preference offers
26
First preferences offered a place
81.3%
Total offers
33
Named on any preference
154

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
420
Pupils on roll
283

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wandsworth page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.8%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Ravenstone Primary School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in SW12 · Schools in Wandsworth

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
  • Methodology · Data updates