Primrose Hill School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · London, Camden
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.34 miles
Published by London Borough of Camden · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Primrose Hill School is a primary school in London, Camden for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Camden has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Primrose Hill School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 1.34 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.34 miles away, the 5th longest of 24 Camden primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- That 2025 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Camden schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Princess Road, London, NW1 8JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Camden
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “A positive, nurturing atmosphere permeates this school.”
- “Pupils feel valued and cared for at Primrose Hill Primary.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly each morning, setting an encouraging tone for the day.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the school has not considered carefully enough what they want pupils to know.”
- “This leads to inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is implemented in these subjects.”
- “At times, teaching is not focused on the most important knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Camden.
- Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, NW1 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hawley Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rhyl Community Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ Church School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Cobden Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published