The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieCharles Dickens Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in London.

Summary of the comparison

The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie and Charles Dickens Primary School are primary schools in London.

  • The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Charles Dickens Primary School scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie is ahead on our composite score.

  • The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie was judged Outstanding and Charles Dickens Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 93.0% for The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie and 92.0% for Charles Dickens Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie (97.0% in 2022-23, 93.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Charles Dickens Primary School (95.0% in 2022-23, 92.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie versus Charles Dickens Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LondonThe Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieLondonCharles Dickens Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreA87/100Stronger figureA85/100
Local ranking1st of 64 in Southwark Stronger figure3rd of 64 in Southwark
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll219 479
Capacity210 420
LocationLondon, SE1 1HG London, SE1 1AF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard93.0% Stronger figure92.0% 62.0%
At higher standard41.0% Stronger figure34.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 109.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score111.0 Stronger figure110.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census219 479
Free school meals (ever 6)23.0% 44.0%
English as an additional language18.7% 19.4%
SEN support12.8% 12.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% 3.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence9.0% 6.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie

Charles Dickens Primary School

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