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St Boniface RC Primary School

Voluntary aided school in London, SW17 8PP, taking ages 3 to 11, 259 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Jun 2026
0.3 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
92% Full
71.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.3 miles away.

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

The circle is 0.3 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.

St Boniface RC Primary School: 0.3 miles, 2024/25 Singlegate Primary School: 0.58 miles, published by Merton

This is not a catchment area. 0.3 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 St Boniface RC 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 and faith criteria 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

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 St Boniface RC Primary School and Singlegate Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Singlegate Primary School admitted from 0.58 miles in the latest published year, published by Merton. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.3 and 0.58 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 St Boniface RC Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Fircroft Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.38 mi 2024/25 0.7 mi
Singlegate Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.58 mi 0.8 mi
Penwortham Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.31 mi 2024/25 0.9 mi
Rutherford House School Both in reach Primary 0.37 mi 2024/25 0.9 mi
Ravenstone Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.63 mi 2024/25 1.1 mi
Earlsfield Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.26 mi 2024/25 1.3 mi

The distance as a picture

St Boniface RC Primary School catchment area map: the 0.3 mile admission distance, 2024/25 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterRoman Catholic
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 259 pupils in 281 places (92% full)
Local authorityWandsworth

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, June 2026: 6 areas strong or exceptional, 1 at the expected standard
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Strong standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
  • Achievement Strong standard
  • Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
  • Early years Expected standard
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Strong standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Meeting the expected standard 71.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 71.0%
2023/24 64.0%
2022/23 66.0%

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

Who goes to St Boniface RC Primary School

Girls and boys46.3% girls, 53.7% boys
English as an additional language57.1% of pupils
Free school meals19.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of St Boniface RC Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.3 miles: SW17, median £720,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
SW17 Wandsworth 0.3 mi £720,000 104 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.3 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to St Boniface RC Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Bickley Street, 143 yd away, with 52.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:01, last 00:36.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Mitcham Road /Tooting Broadway92 yd33.530.026.244, 77, 270, 280, 264, 355
Mitcham Road /Tooting Broadway107 yd18.516.215.7127, 333, 57, G1
Tooting Broadway Station124 yd5.14.24.0355

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

Weighing St Boniface RC Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SW17: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SW17 8PP, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for St Boniface RC Primary School?

St Boniface RC 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 0.3 miles away, per Wandsworth.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Boniface RC Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.3 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 St Boniface RC Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria 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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