The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieFriars Primary Foundation 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 Friars Primary Foundation 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 Friars Primary Foundation School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). 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 Friars Primary Foundation School was judged Good.

  • 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 68.0% for Friars Primary Foundation 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 risen at Friars Primary Foundation School (55.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie versus Friars Primary Foundation School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LondonThe Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieLondonFriars Primary Foundation SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreA87/100Stronger figureC57/100
Local ranking1st of 64 in Southwark Stronger figure42nd of 64 in Southwark
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll219 183
Capacity210 210
LocationLondon, SE1 1HG London, SE1 0RF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard93.0% Stronger figure68.0% 62.0%
At higher standard41.0% Stronger figure5.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure108.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score111.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census219 183
Free school meals (ever 6)23.0% 47.9%
English as an additional language18.7% 53.6%
SEN support12.8% 22.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 4.4%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% Stronger figure8.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence9.0% Stronger figure26.8% 15.8%

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

Friars Primary Foundation School

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