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Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademyRoman CatholicNurseryGreenfordEaling
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, October 2022
Reached the expected level at 1167%England 63%
Attendance95.5%England 94.8%

Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School is a converter academy in Greenford for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.

Greenford Road, Greenford, UB6 9AN020 8575 5344visitation.ealing.sch.ukMrs Joanna Etheridge headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 20 October 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

60 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1167%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level10%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score106.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 72%72%20172018: 83%83%20182019: 83%83%20192023: 78%78%20232024: 80%80%20242025: 67%67%2025
Since 2017: -5%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†EalingEngland
Pupils tested606160606060
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths67%80%78%83%83%72%69%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths10%11%17%15%15%8%13%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0107.0108.0107.0108.0105.0106.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score106.0108.0108.0108.0109.0107.0106.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score108.0110.0112.0111.0111.0108.0107.9105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard85%89%90%85%88%80%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard75%85%90%92%93%83%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)78%87%85%90%88%87%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.6+1.3+1.7-0.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.1+2.2+3.4+1.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged55%67%73%56%63%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged74%85%80%88%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.

† These results are for Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

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
55%74%
Gap 19 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
61%74%
Gap 13 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
74%67%
Gap 7 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
14%10%
Gap 4 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. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

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 Ealing council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll
Places472
Pupils from low-income families22%24% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English46%First language is not English
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)24%£137,950 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
White British pupils13%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school7.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission0.6%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.5%4.8%5.3%5.2%2.8%3.5%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.9%4.0%4.6%4.6%2.5%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.6%0.8%0.7%0.5%0.3%0.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence7.7%9.4%10.4%11.2%4.7%5.7%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

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£7,177England £7,738. Total £2.9m
Income per pupil£7,260England £7,697. Total £2.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,642England £3,480
Money in reserve8%Not much put by: £226k, £556 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£34kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,177spent 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 m89612 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate140 per 1,000 people54% higher than the England average
Typical house price£529,000Ealing
Nearest bus stop60 mCardinal Wiseman High School, 15 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
Stanhope Primary SchoolCouncil270 m360Good 202388Compare
Mayfield Primary SchoolCouncil680 m421Not inspected68Compare
Coston Primary SchoolCouncil860 m432Not inspected47Compare
The Edward Betham Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England860 m416Good 202479Compare
Brentside Primary SchoolAcademy870 m382Good 202477Compare
Allenby Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles253Good 202326Compare
Ravenor Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles618Good 202375Compare
Oldfield Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles308Report card 202611Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School a good school?

Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in October 2022.

What is Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School good at its last full inspection on 20 October 2022.

How good are Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 67% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 10% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School have?

The number of pupils is not published.

What is attendance like at Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

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

Contact and details

Address
Greenford Road, Greenford, UB6 9AN
Telephone
020 8575 5344
Website
www.visitation.ealing.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Joanna Etheridge
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Westminster
Multi-academy trust
St Carlo Catholic Academy Trust (8 schools)
Local authority
Ealing
Ward
Greenford Broadway
Constituency
Ealing North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2026 (academy converter)
URN
152389 · LAESTAB 3073503 · UKPRN 10100064
Formerly
Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School

Where these figures come from