Wilberforce Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · London, Westminster
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westminster City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Wilberforce Primary is a primary school in London, Westminster for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 2 November 2023. Westminster has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Wilberforce Primary 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 entry, 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In the 2026 Reception entry, 25 of the 62 applications (40%) came from families living outside Westminster, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Westminster.
- 16.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westminster is 20.6.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westminster schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beethoven Street, London, W10 4LB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westminster
- Pupils on roll
- 157 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 2 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this thriving school community.”
- “There are high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
- “The well-thought-out curriculum is ambitious and broad.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 85% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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 Westminster.
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queen's Park Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Essendine Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ark Atwood Primary Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published