Cavendish Primary School
Edensor Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2RG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Clare Frewer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 102472
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089946835
About this school
Cavendish Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 197 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cavendish 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected 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 | 22 | 29 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 66% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 86% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 72% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 76% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Cavendish 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 | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 185 |
| 2023/24 | 189 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cavendish Primary School compares
Cavendish Primary School ranked 23rd of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 7.3% | 28.2% | 197 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School ,Chiswick | 81% | 4.8% | 11.2% | 195 | 0.4 miles |
| The William Hogarth Primary School | 75% | 4.5% | 36.5% | 153 | 0.5 miles |
| Grove Park Primary School | 93% | 4.5% | 16.2% | 428 | 0.6 miles |
| St Osmund's Catholic Primary School | — | 5% | 8.8% | 167 | 0.7 miles |
| Lowther Primary School | 79% | 5.3% | 25.2% | 244 | 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)
- 28.22%
- English as an additional language
- 49.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.27%
- Persistent absence
- 20.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School ,Chiswick0.4 miles
Primary · London
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The William Hogarth Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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Grove Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
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St Osmund's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
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Lowther Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Cavendish Primary School ranks 488th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What ages does Cavendish Primary School teach?
- Cavendish Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Cavendish Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Cavendish Primary School is Ms Clare Frewer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cavendish Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cavendish 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 Cavendish Primary School?
- Cavendish Primary School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cavendish Primary School full?
- Cavendish Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 197 on roll (83%), 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 Cavendish Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cavendish Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cavendish Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cavendish Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Cavendish Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Cavendish 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 Cavendish Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cavendish Primary School compare with other schools in Hounslow?
- Cavendish Primary School ranked 23rd of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cavendish Primary School's absence rate?
- Cavendish Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cavendish Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cavendish 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.