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Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 5–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 86% 86% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
86% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
29% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
111 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
111 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]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 85%[4] 35%[4] 111[4] 110[4]
2022/23 92%[5] 24%[5] 112[5] 109[5]
2018/19 90%[6] 23%[6] 110[6] 110[6]
2017/18 93%[7] 25%[7] 111[7] 110[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
6 Jun 2024[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
22 Jul 2024[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
3.4 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
103 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
42 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 115[9] 49[9] 30[9] 3.8[9] 1.6[9]
Entry Sept 2024 84[9] 33[9] 30[9] 2.8[9] 1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2023 93[9] 38[9] 30[9] 3.1[9] 1.3[9]
Entry Sept 2022 80[9] 29[9] 29[9] 2.8[9] 1.0[9]

Furthest distance offered (Other Baptised Catholic Children of practising Catholic families)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 838 m[10]

Admissions

Catchment, as the policy words it
Living in the parish of The Holy Ghost Church, Balham or in the parish of St Vincent de Paul, Battersea. Entry Sept 2027[11]
Sibling priority
A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission. Entry Sept 2027[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
5–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
www.holyghost.wandsworth.sch.uk/[1]
District
Wandsworth[12]
Postcode
SW12 8QJ[1]
URN
101036[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
193 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
42% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
8.3% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
1% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.7% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.6%[14]
Mixed
13.7%[14]
Asian
1%[14]
Black
4.6%[14]
Any other ethnic group
3.6%[14]
Unclassified
2.5%[14]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How places were allocated for primary schools 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Furthest Distance Offered on 16 April (in metres)) 30 18 11 838m (p. 3)
  11. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — Holy ghost primary school admissions policy 2027 2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    ii. Living in the parish of The Holy Ghost Church, Balham or in the parish of St Vincent de Paul, Battersea. (p. 2)
    i. A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission. (p. 2)
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. 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.