Melcombe Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · London, Hammersmith and Fulham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hammersmith & Fulham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Melcombe Primary School is a primary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Hammersmith and Fulham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Melcombe Primary 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 50.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham.
- Reception 2026 saw 6 first-choice applications for 11 offers (0.5 per offer, the 4th lowest of 34 Hammersmith and Fulham primary schools); every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hammersmith and Fulham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 9ER
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Pupils on roll
- 125 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, safe and immensely proud of their school.”
- “Leaders and staff expect pupils to achieve well.”
- “They enhance the curriculum with a range of opportunities and experiences to make the learning interesting and meaningful to pupils.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum in some other subjects is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “Staff expertise is not consistently strong.”
- “Although leaders have established what pupils need to learn, they have not considered how they will check that pupils are remembering the essential knowledge taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 6 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 Hammersmith and Fulham.
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen's Manor School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Augustine's RC Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir John Lillie Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West London Free School Primary 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Normand Croft Community School for Early Years and Primary Education 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published