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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Voluntary aidedRoman Catholic

Brent, NW10 8PP · Brent local authority

Brent’s School Grade A− better than 84% of towns in England

Its letter
16%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
28/28
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
222 pupils
93% of its 240 places
Free school meals
37%
37 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

  • Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 16% of England’s primary schools
  • 49% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13 points below England’s schools
  • 37% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 28)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NW10 8) sold for a median £347,500; Brent’s is £551,464

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 49%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 16% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Brent avg 67%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary 49%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading87%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)73%
England’s schools 73%
Maths70%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling78%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 10 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
56%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
77%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three0%
England’s schools 8% · Brent 10% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

28
families put it first for September 2026
30
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1), 2021 (4). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Brent council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Brent, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.85 per place
54% got their first choice
1.59 per place
60% got their first choice
1.37 per place
71% got their first choice
1.22 per place
79% got their first choice
1.15 per place
86% got their first choice
1.12 per place
78% got their first choice
1.05 per place
95% got their first choice
1.05 per place
79% got their first choice
1.04 per place
92% got their first choice
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

Brent and Brent, side by side

2023–2025

All 53 graded primaries in Brent. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Brent’s schools are coloured by their letter.

40%51%62%73%84%95%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
ABCDElsewhere in BrentOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Ark Franklin Primary AcademyA+19%96%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolA+24%93%
East Lane Primary SchoolA+10%93%
St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolA+10%89%
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Junior SchoolA+23%88%
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary SchoolA8%81%
Sinai Jewish Primary SchoolA3%81%
Ark AcademyA42%81%
Princess Frederica CofE Primary SchoolA9%80%
North West London Jewish Day SchoolA1%79%
Islamia Primary SchoolA34%77%
Park Lane Primary SchoolA29%76%
Braintcroft E-ACT Primary AcademyA43%76%
Uxendon Manor Primary SchoolA−9%73%
Sudbury Primary SchoolA−25%72%
Mitchell Brook Primary SchoolA−42%71%
Mora Primary SchoolA−27%71%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolA−44%71%
Wembley Primary SchoolA−26%71%
St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary SchoolA−39%71%
Barham Primary SchoolB+14%69%
Newfield Primary SchoolB50%67%
Kingsbury Green Primary SchoolB25%66%
Salusbury Primary SchoolB19%66%
Preston Manor SchoolB31%66%
Gladstone Park Primary SchoolB35%66%
Chalkhill Primary SchoolB32%65%
Kilburn Grange SchoolB64%65%
Malorees Primary SchoolB−19%64%
Wykeham Primary SchoolB−30%64%
Anson Primary SchoolB−32%62%
John Keble CofE Primary SchoolB−33%62%
Oliver Goldsmith Primary SchoolB−17%61%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolB−28%61%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior SchoolB−28%61%
St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary SchoolB−26%61%
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolC+37%59%
Brentfield Primary SchoolC+41%58%
Harlesden Primary SchoolC+53%58%
Leopold Primary SchoolC+39%58%
Northview Junior and Infant SchoolC45%57%
Preston Park Primary SchoolC20%57%
Donnington Primary SchoolC39%57%
The Kilburn Park School FoundationC51%57%
Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary SchoolC3%56%
Oakington Manor Primary SchoolC18%56%
Furness Primary SchoolC−36%53%
Lyon Park Primary SchoolC−14%50%
Elsley Primary SchoolC−24%50%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolC−37%49%
Fryent Primary SchoolC−21%48%
The Stonebridge SchoolD56%45%
Roe Green Junior SchoolD14%41%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

227 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
16.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
54.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
38.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C−Better than 16% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NW10 8, the school’s postcode sector

Brent property prices →
£347,500
median sale, 74 sales in 36 months · Brent £551,464

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025NW10 8Brent
NW10 8Brent

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Terraced
£550K
Flat
£315K
NW10 8Brent

Homes in NW10 8 sell for well under Brent’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

31 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+C+C+C+C−CB−C−CDBA−BB−A−A+A+DB−B−CA+C−BC−A−C−CA−B−C−Our Lady of Lourdes Catholi…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Brent, NW10 8PP

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School: common questions

Is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 16% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 49% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025.

How hard is it to get into Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?

For September 2026, 28 families put Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.

What is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NW10 8, sold for a median £347,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (74 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Brent’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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