School Catchments and House Prices in Ladbroke Grove
In the Ladbroke Grove area, 3 schools were judged Outstanding at their last graded Ofsted inspection (before September 2024) and 1 school is rated Good.
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In the Ladbroke Grove area, 3 schools were judged Outstanding at their last graded Ofsted inspection (before September 2024) and 1 school is rated Good.
How the Ladbroke Grove school map prices each street
Concentrated demand is what a price premium actually is.
The local benchmark is £1,100,000 and a detached home averages £1,650,000.
Ofsted ratings across the Ladbroke Grove area
The commercial page for this town sets out the introduction itself: Mortgage advice in Ladbroke Grove.
What the admissions data actually guarantees
A house advertised as in catchment may not be next year. The local council publishes last year's furthest distance offered for each school. Ask for that figure in writing before you offer.
Ratings age too. An Outstanding judgement can be several years old, and inspections since September 2024 report differently. Read the current report rather than the agent's summary of it.
The detail behind the Ladbroke Grove numbers
The schools families ask about here are Thomas Jones Primary School, Colville Primary School, Kensington Aldridge Academy, Oxford Gardens Primary School and Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School. 4 local schools were graded Good or Outstanding at their last graded Ofsted inspection (before September 2024). Ratings age between inspections, so read the latest report before you rely on one.
On getting about: Ladbroke Grove to Paddington takes about 6 min.
By price, Ladbroke Grove ranks 28 of the 320 London locations we cover, at £1,100,000 against a county average of £732,469. Band D council tax here is £1,643, against an average of £2,121 across the county locations we cover.
How Ladbroke Grove scores for different buyers
Ladbroke Grove is white stucco crescents and communal garden squares in the south; a far more mixed, estate-and-market neighbourhood in the north.
The full local guide covers schools, transport and the market in detail: Ladbroke Grove property and area guide.
With only 3 schools rated Outstanding locally, the premium concentrates hard.
| Who it suits | Out of five | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Families | ★★★★★ | An unusually strong school set, Thomas Jones, Colville and Saint Francis of Assisi are all Outstanding or Outstanding in every judgement, Oxford Gardens is Good and Kensington Aldridge Academy is an Outstanding secondary, alongside the communal garden squares, which are among the best places to raise small children in central London. |
| Upsizers | ★★★★★ | The stucco villas and terraces of the Ladbroke Estate offer genuinely large family houses with communal garden access at the southern end, the reason people trade up into this area and stay for decades. |
| Property developers & investors | ★★★★☆ | A deep, internationally recognised rental market, an exceptionally wide price gradient along a single street, and period stock that rewards good refurbishment, tempered by tight conservation-area controls at the southern end and restrictive lender criteria at the northern end. |
| Professionals | ★★★★☆ | Ladbroke Grove on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and Holland Park on the Central line give fast access to the West End and the City, with Portobello Road, the Electric Cinema and an excellent food scene on the doorstep. |
| First-time buyers | ★★☆☆☆ | There is a genuine route in at the northern W10 end, where flats start from around £400,000 and first-time-buyer stamp-duty relief can still apply, but the southern end is out of reach entirely, and ex-local-authority and high-rise flats can narrow the lender pool sharply. |
Families & upsizers
People wanting a garden-square house or flat with access to a large private communal garden, alongside some of London's strongest state primaries and an Outstanding secondary, the classic reason to buy at the southern end and stay for decades.
Professionals
People wanting character, culture and food on the doorstep with fast access to the West End and the City, the Central line at the southern end and the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines from Ladbroke Grove itself.
First-time buyers & investors
People wanting a foothold in one of London's best-known neighbourhoods, realistically at the northern W10 end, where flats start from around £400,000 and first-time-buyer stamp-duty relief can still apply.
Ladbroke Grove is known locally for The Ladbroke Estate & the Hippodrome Racecourse, and Portobello Road Market. The communal garden squares that define the neighbourhood were laid out from the 1840s by Thomas Allason on the site of the short-lived Hippodrome Racecourse of 1837 to 42, one of the most admired pieces of Victorian town planning in London, and the reason these streets look as they do.
Practical detail for Ladbroke Grove: the W11 at the southern end, W10 at the northern end postcode district, Ladbroke Grove (Circle & Hammersmith & City, Zone 2); Latimer Road & Westbourne Park nearby; Holland Park (Central) at the southern end and nearest A and E is St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, verify with NHS.
Ladbroke Grove at a glance
| School | What to check before you offer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jones Primary School | Confirm last year's furthest offer distance, then read the current report. |
| Colville Primary School | Confirm last year's furthest offer distance, then read the current report. |
| Kensington Aldridge Academy | Confirm last year's furthest offer distance, then read the current report. |
| Oxford Gardens Primary School | Confirm last year's furthest offer distance, then read the current report. |
| Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School | Confirm last year's furthest offer distance, then read the current report. |
Figures are local averages used for illustration. Confirm your own numbers before acting on them.
Ask about Ladbroke Grove
Three details is all we need. You are told before anything is passed to a partner firm.
Your checklist
- Last year's furthest offer distance, in writing from the council
- The current Ofsted report, not a remembered rating
- Whether a sibling policy is applied before distance
- £110,000 of deposit at 10% on the local average, before fees
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