Lady Margaret Primary School
Lady Margaret Road, Southall, UB1 2NH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Rai
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Ealing Bridges Federation
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 434
- URN
- 101903
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085666486
About this school
Lady Margaret Primary School is a community primary school in Southall. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 434 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 75 | 66 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 82% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 17% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 88% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 89% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 88% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - | - |
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 Lady Margaret 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 | Ealing average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 75% | 63.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 66.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 65.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 536 |
| 2023/24 | 506 |
| 2024/25 | 481 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lady Margaret Primary School compares
Lady Margaret Primary School ranked 15th of 58 primary schools in Ealing for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 6.5% | 26.9% | 434 | — |
| Durdans Park Primary School | 83% | 5% | 21.1% | 417 | 0.1 miles |
| Allenby Primary School | 44% | 6.1% | 40.4% | 253 | 0.4 miles |
| Ravenor Primary School | 78% | 6.2% | 35.8% | 618 | 0.7 miles |
| North Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 23.5% | 379 | 0.8 miles |
| Stanhope Primary School | 78% | 6.4% | 34.2% | 360 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.85%
- English as an additional language
- 86.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.45%
- Persistent absence
- 18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Durdans Park Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Southall
-
Allenby Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Southall
-
Ravenor Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Greenford
-
North Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southall
-
Stanhope Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Greenford
Other schools in Southall
Lady Margaret Primary School ranks 5th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Southall.
- Allenby Primary School Primary
- Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Blair Peach Primary School Primary
- Clifton Primary School Primary
- Dairy Meadow Primary School Primary
- Dormers Wells Primary School Primary
- Durdans Park Primary School Primary
- Featherstone Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Havelock Primary School, Nursery & Arp Primary
- Khalsa Primary School Primary
- North Primary School Primary
- Norwood Green Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lady Margaret Primary School teach?
- Lady Margaret Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southall.
- Who is the headteacher of Lady Margaret Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lady Margaret Primary School is Mrs Helen Rai, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lady Margaret Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lady Margaret 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 big is Lady Margaret Primary School?
- Lady Margaret Primary School has 434 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lady Margaret Primary School full?
- Lady Margaret Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 434 on roll (69%), 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 Lady Margaret Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lady Margaret Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lady Margaret Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lady Margaret Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Lady Margaret Primary School?
- Lady Margaret Primary School is part of the Ealing Bridges Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lady Margaret Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lady Margaret Primary School rank locally?
- Lady Margaret Primary School ranked 15th of 58 primary schools in Ealing for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lady Margaret Primary School's absence rate?
- Lady Margaret Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lady Margaret Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lady Margaret 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.