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Brandlehow Primary School

Community school in London, SW15 2ED, taking ages 3 to 11, 393 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Nov 2023
0.45 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
94% Full
74.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.45 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.45 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.

Brandlehow Primary School: 0.45 miles, 2024/25 Allfarthing Primary School: 0.25 miles, 2024/25, published by Wandsworth

This is not a catchment area. 0.45 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Brandlehow Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2024/25, from Wandsworth. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Wandsworth, published admission distances, 2024/25

Where Brandlehow Primary School and Allfarthing Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Allfarthing Primary School admitted from 0.25 miles in 2024/25, published by Wandsworth. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.45 and 0.25 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Wandsworth, 5 of 70 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (7.1%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Brandlehow Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Hotham Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.67 mi 2024/25 0.7 mi
Anglo Portuguese School of London Both in reach Primary 1.63 mi 2024/25 0.8 mi
Ronald Ross Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.22 mi 2024/25 0.9 mi
Sheringdale Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.19 mi 2024/25 1.0 mi
Allfarthing Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.25 mi 2024/25 1.1 mi
Floreat Wandsworth Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.33 mi 2024/25 1.2 mi

The distance as a picture

Brandlehow Primary School catchment area map: the 0.45 mile admission distance, 2024/25
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 393 pupils in 420 places (94% full)
Local authorityWandsworth

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 21 November 2023
Meeting the expected standard 74.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 74.0%
2023/24 70.0%
2022/23 73.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Brandlehow Primary School

Girls and boys49.4% girls, 50.6% boys
English as an additional language33.1% of pupils
Free school meals9.4% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Brandlehow Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Skelgill Road / Wandsworth Park, 80 yd away, with 15.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:09, last 00:21.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Skelgill Road / Wandsworth Park80 yd15.812.212.8220, 270, 485
Skelgill Road / Wandsworth Park118 yd15.313.212.7220, 270, 485
Deodar Road153 yd15.313.212.7220, 270, 485

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Brandlehow Primary School?

Brandlehow Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 0.45 miles away, per Wandsworth.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Brandlehow Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.45 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Brandlehow Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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