School Chooser

Marlborough Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncil514 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubIsleworthHounslow
School Chooser Score
82
Above
similar schools
Likely range 68 to 90
Out of 100. Better than 65% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
Reached the expected level at 1178%England 63%
Attendance93.6%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families17%Far fewer than most schools
Places146 spare514 pupils, 660 places
Pupils per teacher18.4School workforce census
Pupils on roll514Census January 2026

Marlborough Primary School is a council school in Isleworth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 514 pupils and room for 660. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 82 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 65% of the 50 schools most like it.

London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5XA020 8560 3978marlboroughschool.netMrs Natalie Mckeever headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

68 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1178%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level19%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score108.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score107.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 65%65%20172018: 75%75%20182019: 73%73%20192023: 75%75%20232024: 67%67%20242025: 78%78%2025
Since 2017: +13%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017HounslowEngland
Pupils tested688884888989
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths78%67%75%73%75%65%72%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths19%9%17%18%17%12%15%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score108.0106.0108.0106.0108.0106.0106.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0106.0107.0107.0108.0108.0106.7104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score109.0108.0109.0109.0110.0109.0108.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard88%80%85%80%84%81%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard85%81%85%91%85%83%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)85%80%87%83%83%75%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.2+0.9+3.7+2.5
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.4+1.6+4.2+4.1
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged52%57%64%58%52%41%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged89%70%79%81%84%73%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
52%89%
Gap 37 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
76%81%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
79%78%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
10%19%
Gap 9 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places528 pupils for 655 places, 2024/25
81% full

127 places were empty (19% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 8% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hounslow council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll514Census January 2026
Places66078% full
Pupils from low-income families17%17% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English55%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support18%90 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%23 pupils with a plan
Average class size23.821 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)16%£125,550 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls252 / 262
White British pupils18%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 23.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 25.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (69), Autistic spectrum disorder (22), emotional and mental health (9), Specific learning difficulty (5), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (3), Hearing impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll514568596637598633
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals17%15%20%20%18%16%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language55%51%45%46%45%51%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support17%15%15%14%10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%4%3%3%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.6%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school16.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.52024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.5%6.4%7.5%7.4%4.4%3.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.6%4.4%5.4%5.6%3.5%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.8%2.0%2.1%1.8%0.9%0.9%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence16.8%14.5%20.9%22.6%11.1%7.5%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.50.20.20.20.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions01100

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers27.6full-time equivalent, 32 people
Pupils per teacher18.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers91%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants23.7full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£54,442
Teachers who left in the year4%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.72024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,103England £7,738. Total £4.5m
Income per pupil£7,473England £7,697. Total £4.1m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,671England £3,480
Money in reserve-13%In the red: -£547k, -£988 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£349kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£8,103spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m43412 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate123 per 1,000 people35% higher than the England average
Typical house price£485,000Hounslow
Nearest bus stop200 mThe Green School, 22 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
The Smallberry Green Primary SchoolCouncil370 m407Good 202356Compare
Isleworth Town Primary SchoolCouncil610 m727Good 202371Compare
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IsleworthRoman Catholic0.7 miles399Good 202278Compare
Nishkam School West LondonFree school0.7 miles1,491Outstanding 202496Compare
The Blue School CofE PrimaryChurch of England0.7 miles431Good 202289Compare
Worple Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles189Good 202472Compare
Spring Grove Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles239Good 202488Compare
Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic1.0 miles221Good 202488Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Marlborough Primary School with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats65%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 82 is 12 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 5 · middle 70 · highest 100100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Marlborough Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Vaughan Primary SchoolCouncil7.1 miles668Outstanding 202495Compare
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy8.3 miles447Good 202488Compare
Robin Hood Junior SchoolCouncil9.7 miles359Good 202287Compare
Manor Park Primary AcademyAcademy10.0 miles710No overall grade 2025100Compare
Coldfall Primary SchoolCouncil11.0 miles684No overall grade 202598Compare
Iqra Slough Islamic Primary SchoolMuslim11.3 miles624Outstanding 202398Compare
William Patten Primary SchoolCouncil12.3 miles434Outstanding 202398Compare
Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery SchoolCouncil13.0 miles429Good 202394Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 82 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 82% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 68 to 90. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.24
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 68 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.24
DfE progress measure; 68 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
0.00
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.08
2024/25; 499 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.05
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 68 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Marlborough Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Marlborough Primary School scores 82 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 65% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 68 to 90, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

How good are Marlborough Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 78% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 19% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Marlborough Primary School have?

514 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 660 places, so it is 78% full.

Is Marlborough Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 127 places were empty in 2024/25 (19% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Marlborough Primary School?

Pupils were in school 93.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 17% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Marlborough Primary School?

The average class had 23.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Marlborough Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5XA
Telephone
020 8560 3978
Website
www.marlboroughschool.net
Headteacher
Mrs Natalie Mckeever
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Hounslow
Ward
Syon & Brentford Lock
Constituency
Brentford and Isleworth
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102494 · LAESTAB 3132037 · UKPRN 10072868

Where these figures come from