Richard Cobden Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 3–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 78% 78% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 78% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 5% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 107 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 104 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 75%[4] | 5%[4] | 106[4] | 107[4] |
| 2022/23 | 76%[5] | 11%[5] | 109[5] | 105[5] |
| 2018/19 | 75%[6] | 13%[6] | 105[6] | 106[6] |
| 2017/18 | 74%[7] | 7%[7] | 105[7] | 104[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 17 Dec 2024[8]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
- Report published
- 29 Jan 2025[8]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[8]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.3 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Applications (any preference)
- 66 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences
- 27 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Places offered
- 29 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 91[10] | 33[10] | 49[10] | 1.9[10] | 0.7[10] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 112[10] | 46[10] | 52[10] | 2.2[10] | 0.9[10] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 109[10] | 48[10] | 55[10] | 2.0[10] | 0.9[10] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 113[10] | 44[10] | 50[10] | 2.3[10] | 0.9[10] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community school[1]
- Ages
- 3–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 420[1]
- Local authority
- Camden[1]
- Website
- http://www.rcobden.camden.sch.uk/[1]
- District
- Camden[11]
- Postcode
- NW1 0LL[1]
- URN
- 100022[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 379 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 90.2% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 23.5% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 2.4% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 61.7% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 10.8%[13]
- Mixed
- 8.4%[13]
- Asian
- 46.2%[13]
- Black
- 26.4%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 8.2%[13]
- Unclassified
- 0%[13]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.