Fryent Primary School
Church Lane, Kingsbury, London, NW9 8JD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Paul Campbell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Brent East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 662
- URN
- 101531
- Local authority
- Brent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082054047
About this school
Fryent Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 662 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fryent Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 97 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 43% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 52% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 51% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 56% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fryent Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Brent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 668 |
| 2023/24 | 701 |
| 2024/25 | 689 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fryent Primary School compares
Fryent Primary School ranked 48th of 53 primary schools in Brent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 6.2% | 21.5% | 662 | — |
| St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4% | 10.5% | 449 | 0.4 miles |
| Oliver Goldsmith Primary School | 54% | 5.8% | 17.6% | 443 | 0.5 miles |
| Kingsbury Green Primary School | 69% | 4.8% | 23.9% | 576 | 0.5 miles |
| The Hyde School | 76% | 5.1% | 26.4% | 475 | 0.8 miles |
| Sinai Jewish Primary School | 86% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 658 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.54%
- English as an additional language
- 71.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.21%
- Persistent absence
- 16.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Oliver Goldsmith Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Kingsbury Green Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
The Hyde School0.8 miles
Primary · London
-
Sinai Jewish Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Harrow
Other schools in London
Fryent Primary School ranks 885th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Fryent Primary School teach?
- Fryent Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the head teacher of Fryent Primary School?
- The head teacher of Fryent Primary School is Headteacher Paul Campbell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fryent Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fryent Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Fryent Primary School?
- Fryent Primary School has 662 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Fryent Primary School full?
- Fryent Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 662 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fryent Primary School a faith school?
- No. Fryent Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fryent Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Fryent Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Fryent Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Fryent Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Fryent Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fryent Primary School compare with other schools in Brent?
- Fryent Primary School ranked 48th of 53 primary schools in Brent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fryent Primary School's absence rate?
- Fryent Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fryent Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fryent Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.