School Chooser

Twickenham Primary Academy

Primary · ages 4-11MixedFree school380 pupilsTwickenhamRichmond upon Thames
School Chooser Score
69
Above
similar schools
Likely range 47 to 84, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 49% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
Reached the expected level at 1168%England 63%
Attendance95.6%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families15%Far fewer than most schools
Places40 spare380 pupils, 420 places
Pupils per teacher24.8School workforce census
Pupils on roll380Census January 2026

Twickenham Primary Academy is a free school in Twickenham for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 380 pupils and room for 420. About 15 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 69 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 49% of the 50 schools most like it.

57 Colne Road, Twickenham, TW2 6QF020 3019 6196twickenhamprimaryacademy.org.ukMrs Erin Moscardini headteacherAll details

Ofsted

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

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1168%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level20%
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
2023 to 2025
2023: 58%58%20232024: 66%66%20242025: 68%68%2025
Since 2023: +10%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023Richmond upon ThamesEngland
Pupils tested605860
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths68%66%58%78%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths20%14%15%21%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score108.0106.0107.0109.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0105.0104.0108.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score107.0107.0106.0109.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%79%82%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard82%83%67%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)75%74%75%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.6
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.6
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged69%45%27%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged68%70%65%

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. 1 of the 4 gaps is 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
69%68%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
57%78%
Gap 21 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
79%68%
Gap 11 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
15%20%
Gap 5 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.

A few spare places395 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
94% full

About 25 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

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 Richmond upon Thames 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 roll380Census January 2026
Places42090% full
Pupils from low-income families15%15% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English29%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support8%30 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%16 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.114 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils7%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)14%£83,700 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls178 / 202
White British pupils36%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 24.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.1 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (12), language and communications needs (10), emotional and mental health (9), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (7), Specific learning difficulty (5), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll380388405396397339
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals15%16%14%15%15%13%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language29%28%24%19%15%13%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%10%12%9%9%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%3%2%2%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.6%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school11.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.4%4.8%5.4%5.0%2.6%3.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%3.6%4.0%4.0%1.5%2.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.0%1.3%1.4%1.1%1.0%1.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence11.9%11.2%13.7%9.9%2.7%3.1%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate1.00.30.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers15.3full-time equivalent, 18 people
Pupils per teacher24.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers83%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants10.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,303
Teachers who left in the year27%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher6.22024/25

Money

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

Spend per pupil£6,716England £7,128. Total £2.6m
Income per pupil£7,168England £7,587. Total £2.8m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,840England £3,405
Money in reserve16%A healthy amount put by: £442k, £1,140 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£175kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,716spent 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 m29412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate47 per 1,000 people48% lower than the England average
Typical house price£720,000Richmond upon Thames
Nearest bus stop110 mTwickenham Green, 10 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
Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England360 m440Good 202396Compare
St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy410 m210Outstanding 2024100Compare
Trafalgar Junior SchoolCouncil650 m274Good 202381Compare
Trafalgar Infant SchoolCouncil770 m133Good 202365Compare
St James's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic970 m669No overall grade 202498Compare
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England0.6 miles619Outstanding 202399Compare
Chase Bridge Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles656No overall grade 202597Compare
Stanley Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles385Good 202472Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Twickenham Primary Academy with the 49 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 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats49%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 69 is 5 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 9 · middle 74 · highest 100100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Twickenham Primary Academy, 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
Hollymount SchoolCouncil5.2 miles445Good 202486Compare
Sheringdale Primary SchoolCouncil5.9 miles436No overall grade 2024100Compare
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England8.0 miles349Good 202378Compare
St Martin's Church of England Junior SchoolAcademy8.8 miles358Not inspected84Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 69 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 69% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 47 to 84. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. 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
+0.18
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 60 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.11
DfE progress measure; 60 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.09
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.05
2024/25; 371 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
+0.02
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 60 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 Twickenham Primary Academy a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Twickenham Primary Academy scores 69 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 49% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 47 to 84, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

How good are Twickenham Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 68% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 20% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Twickenham Primary Academy have?

380 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 90% full.

Is Twickenham Primary Academy oversubscribed?

Probably not. 25 places were empty in 2024/25 (6% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Twickenham Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 12% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Twickenham Primary Academy?

The average class had 27.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 7% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

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

Contact and details

Address
57 Colne Road, Twickenham, TW2 6QF
Telephone
020 3019 6196
Website
www.twickenhamprimaryacademy.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Erin Moscardini
Type of school
Free school (Free schools, free schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Omnia Learning Trust (4 schools)
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames
Ward
South Twickenham
Constituency
Twickenham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2015 (new provision)
URN
142122 · LAESTAB 3182025 · UKPRN 10053409

Where these figures come from