St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School
0.3 miles160 pupils · KS2 expected standard 72% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Independent · Prep · Kensington and Chelsea
Thomas's Kensington
Independent school · Ages 4 to 11 · Mixed · 329 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 329 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 400
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Matthews
- Address
- 1 St. Albans Grove, London, W8 5PN
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Telephone
- 02073616500
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100534
- Website
- thomas-s.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Schools named by the school as leavers' destinations (2025). No numbers were published: Downe House, Eton College, Francis Holland School, St Paul's Girls' School, The Godolphin and Latymer School, Thomas's Battersea, Wycombe Abbey.
Source: thomas-s.co.uk · leavers 2025
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
ISI inspection report dated 20 June 2025: read the report (PDF).
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 17.4%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.3%
- Girls / boys
- 55% / 45%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
220 pupils · KS2 expected standard 89% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
St Philip's School
0.5 miles79 pupils
Wetherby School, Kensington
0.5 miles106 pupils · £11,540 a term (2026-27)
Queen's Gate School
0.5 miles371 pupils · A level average A- (2024/25) · £10,231 to £11,336 a term (2026-27)
Registration: closes in 20 days (30 Oct 2026)
Glendower Preparatory School
0.5 miles292 pupils · £8,800 to £10,975 a term (2026-27)
Leaver destinations
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