Richard Cobden Primary School | School performance

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

379

Pupils · 2024/25

90%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

379

Pupils · 2024/25

90%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

379

Pupils · 2024/25

90%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 16/10/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCamden

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Richard Cobden Primary School · Primary · Camden

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

78%

+3pp

78%76%74%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

RWM higher standard

0pp

13%9%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

83%

Reading higher standard

45%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

78%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

78%

SPAG expected standard

78%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

379

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

90%

FSM eligible

62%

SEN

26%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

18%

Contact

Address

Camden Street, London, NW1 0LL

Local authority

Camden

Website

http://www.rcobden.camden.sch.uk/

Telephone

02073875909

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	78%	5%	83%	45%	78%	10%	78%	15%	78%	78%	107.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	26%	379
2023/24	75%	5%	84%	23%	79%	13%	88%	36%	86%	84%	106.0	107.0	105.0	—	—	—	20%	412
2022/23	76%	11%	87%	50%	80%	19%	81%	24%	87%	78%	109.0	105.0	105.0	+6.30	+3.60	+2.40	20%	411
2018/19	75%	13%	83%	31%	83%	21%	88%	27%	88%	85%	105.0	106.0	106.0	+4.10	+3.40	+3.90	23%	415
2017/18	74%	7%	88%	26%	79%	18%	82%	19%	88%	81%	105.0	104.0	105.0	+3.40	+2.80	+3.20	21%	425
2016/17	70%	7%	80%	26%	78%	17%	83%	20%	83%	85%	105.0	106.0	108.0	+3.80	+3.40	+4.40	24%	446

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	379	19.8	26%	90%	62%	6%	18%
2023/24	412	18.1	20%	91%	56%	5%	15%
2022/23	411	18.0	20%	92%	58%	9%	38%
2021/22	410	16.9	20%	92%	58%	6%	17%
2020/21	407	15.5	20%	90%	51%	—	—
2018/19	415	16.5	23%	92%	48%	4%	7%
2017/18	425	15.9	21%	93%	48%	4%	7%
2016/17	446	17.6	24%	95%	51%	4%	6%