Henry Cavendish Primary School
Primary schoolHenry Cavendish Primary School is a primary school in Lambeth, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 873 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Henry Cavendish Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Lambeth and 62% in England.
25% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lambeth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 25% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 53.2 (2025/26, provisional)330 m
- Telferscot Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met500 m
- The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops KindergartenIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file510 m
- Alderbrook Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- Balham Nursery SchoolNursery. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade810 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lambeth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).