83 St Charles Square, North Kensington, London W10 6EB
10 reasons to choose St Charles Catholic Primary School
Top line
St Charles Catholic Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in North Kensington and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Charles Catholic Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school is federated with St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in the St Charles and St Mary’s Catholic Primary Schools Federation. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
St Charles Catholic Primary School has nine classes from Reception, some mixed-age, and an average class size of 21 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Charles Catholic Primary School ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 6% of schools.
The St Charles Catholic Primary School curriculum
School curriculum is subject based, as opposed to topic-based, and emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for languages and music.
Sport at St Charles Catholic Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Charles Catholic Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 9.00am to 3.15pm though after school clubs can extend the day.
Find another school near St Charles Catholic Primary School
The Lloyd Williamson Lower School (0.1 miles); Bassett House School (0.3 miles); Chepstow House School (0.4 miles).
Thomas Jones Primary School (0.5 miles); Colville Primary School (0.7 miles); St Peter’s Church of England School, Paddington (0.8 miles).
The Lloyd Williamson Secondary School (0.1 miles); Bales College (0.6 miles); Young Dancers Academy (1.8 miles).
St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College (0.3 miles); Paddington Academy (0.9 miles); Ark Burlington Danes Academy (1 mile).