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Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Wandsworth
  • SW17 0TW

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,737 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 92%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 64%64%2016/17: top 76%2017/18: top 79%2018/19: top 98%2022/23: top 89%2023/24: top 92%2024/25: top 92%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM41% · London 72%1/10 Well below London
Higher standard, RWM6% · London 12%2/10 Well below London+9 pts
Reading score102 · London 1071/10 Well below London
Maths score101 · London 1071/10 Well below London
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 49% · 35 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 52% · 33 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 54% · 52 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 33% · 42 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 41% · 35 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 39% · 38 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 41% · 34 pupils · London 72%54%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 35 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 0% · 33 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 4% · 52 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 5% · 42 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 6% · 35 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 8% · 38 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 6% · 34 pupils · London 12%8%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 35 pupils · London 1032016/17: 102 · 33 pupils · London 1052017/18: 104 · 52 pupils · London 1062018/19: 99 · 42 pupils · London 1062022/23: 105 · 35 pupils · London 1062023/24: 103 · 38 pupils · London 1072024/25: 102 · 34 pupils · London 10710599No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 35 pupils · London 1042016/17: 102 · 33 pupils · London 1062017/18: 103 · 52 pupils · London 1062018/19: 102 · 42 pupils · London 1072022/23: 102 · 35 pupils · London 1062023/24: 100 · 38 pupils · London 1062024/25: 101 · 34 pupils · London 107103100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
20 of 20 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2020
2nd106
3rd103
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27684 m
  • 2025/26466 m
  • 2024/25355 m
  • 2023/24All offered
  • 2022/23601 m
  • 2020/21541 m
  • You0.7 km

Inside last year's distance · approx.: from the centre of Summerstown, not your door

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Inadequate
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2012Satisfactory
  4. 2014Good
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 1 point to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Feb 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are safe.”
  • “They value their teachers and describe them as kind.”
  • “Teachers are encouraging.”

To improve

  • “Leaders have focused on improving reading, writing and mathematics across the school.”
  • “These subjects are being delivered well and pupils are making good or better progress.”
  • “They have begun their work on the other subjects, but the curriculum is not sufficiently well planned and sequenced in all of them.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026253
Free school meals (past 6 years)37.2%
First language not English31.5%
SEN support17.9%
EHC plan23.5%
Absence (sessions missed)6.3%
Persistently absent pupils19.7%

Girls 45%Boys 55%

47.7% full · 530 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.3
Pupils per adult7.1
  • Classroom teachers 11.5
  • Leadership 2.8
  • Teaching assistants 18.8
  • Other support 9.4

Teachers 14.3 FTE · Whole workforce 42.5 · 50 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£13,144
Spend per pupil£13,998
Staff spend per pupil£10,220
Reserve per pupil£4
  • +£1,106revenue reserve
  • −£212,330in-year balance

Grants £12,420 · self-generated £724 · premises £760 per pupil