Derwentwater Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Ealing
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.950 miles
Published by Ealing Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Derwentwater Primary School is a primary school in London, Ealing for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Derwentwater 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 | 0.950 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 34.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 43% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Ealing.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.950 miles away, the 5th longest of the 17 Ealing primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 47 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Shakespeare Road, Acton, London, W3 6SA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 431 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from a nurturing environment.”
- “Staff prioritise pupils’ emotional well-being and pastoral care.”
- “The school fosters a strong sense of belonging through warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “However, there are instances when some pupils progress to more complex tasks before they are ready, while others are not moved on soon enough.”
- “This can limit how well some pupils learn the curriculum.”
- “Occasionally, some teaching activities create misconceptions or are not closely linked to the intended learning objectives.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2025 (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) | 57% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 47 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 Ealing.
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Byron Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Ark Priory Primary Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Acton Gardens Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Acton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Acton Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Southfield Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- John Perryn Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published