Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre is a primary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 30/01/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: 101 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JA
Website: www.priorweston.islington.sch.uk
Telephone: 02077864800
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Islington
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Fiona MacCorquodale
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 100434

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 30/01/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 373
Number of Boys: 196
Number of Girls: 177

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.7 to 2.7
Writing
Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -2.4 to 0.7
Maths
Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -1.7 to 1.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:67%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:14%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Columbia Market Nursery School
Columbia Road , Bethnal Green E2 7PG
4out of 4 1,661 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre
20 Halcomb Street , Hoxton N1 5RF
4out of 4 2,008 yd Local authority nursery school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Thomas Coram Centre
49 Mecklenburgh Square , WC1N 2NY
4out of 4 2,122 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
Yorkway Court , Copenhagen Street N1 0UH
4out of 4 2,723 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre
101 Whitecross Street , EC1Y 8JA
2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
City of London Primary Academy, Islington
15 Baltic Street West , EC1Y 0AE
- not rated 268 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Radnor Street , EC1V 3SJ
3out of 4 605 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School
Compton Street , Goswell Road EC1V 0EU
3out of 4 684 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Moreland Primary School
Moreland Street , EC1V 8BB
3out of 4 933 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Central Foundation Boys' School
Cowper Street , City Road EC2A 4SH
4out of 4 716 yd Voluntary aided school No Boys More About School
City of London Academy Islington
Prebend Street , Islington N1 8PQ
4out of 4 1,796 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
Gosset Street , Bethnal Green E2 6NW
4out of 4 1,926 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Donegal Street , Islington N1 9QG
4out of 4 1,999 yd Community school No Girls More About School
Haggerston School
Weymouth Terrace , Hackney E2 8LS
3out of 4 2,080 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Workers' Educational Association
4 Luke Street , EC2A 4XW
- not rated 986 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Capital City College Group
211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA
- not rated 2,023 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre)
42 - 43 Queen Square , Camden WC1N 3AQ
- not rated 2,151 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
City Lit
Keeley Street , Covent Garden WC2B 4BA
- not rated 2,182 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Morley College
61 Westminster Bridge Road , Waterloo SE1 7HT
- not rated 3,151 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ark Globe Academy
Harper Road , SE1 6AG
3out of 4 3,173 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Silk Street , Barbican EC2Y 8DT
- not rated 274 yd Higher education institutions No Mixed More About School
Royal Mencap Society
123 Golden Lane , Islington EC1Y 0RT
- not rated 319 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
City of London School for Girls
St Giles' Terrace , Barbican EC2Y 8BB
- not rated 320 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
23 Goswell Road , EC1M 7AJ
- not rated 345 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Charterhouse Square School
40 Charterhouse Square , EC1M 6EA
- not rated 445 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.