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London · Wandsworth
Anglo Portuguese School of London
Free schools · ages 4–11 · 130 pupils
Part of TALENT EDUCATION TRUST
34% free school meals
Year 6 results
Reading, writing and maths
Share of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/25.
| Year | School | Wandsworth | England |
|---|
There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when the tests were cancelled. What do SATs scores mean?
Inspection
What Ofsted found
Good overall, report published 14/06/2023
Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in 2024 and moved to report cards in November 2025. Older grades and new report cards aren't directly comparable.
The local area
Children in Wandsworth
| Measure | Wandsworth | England |
|---|---|---|
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 higher | 73.1% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 higher | 84.5% | 79.8% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 lower | 19.0% | 22.2% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 73.8% | 83.7% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 13.6% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 lower | 12.6% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.