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Monkfrith Primary School

Primary · London · N14 5NG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 October 2023

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At a glance

415 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
42.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.monkfrithschool.co.uk
URN
101293

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 54 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 17 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Living outside defined area
1.019 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
25%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers80%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Deer Park SchoolTwickenham · 14 miles awayOutstanding97%
Wheatfield Primary SchoolBristol · 104 miles awayExpected standard78%
Gidea Park Primary SchoolRomford · 15 miles awayGood75%
Emmer Green Primary SchoolReading · 37 miles awayOutstanding69%
Dundonald Primary SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayGood75%
The Vineyard SchoolRichmond · 14 miles awayGood86%
Oldfield Primary SchoolMaidenhead · 26 miles awayOutstanding83%
Aldryngton Primary SchoolReading · 36 miles awayOutstanding82%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayStrong standard75%
Priors Hall - A Learning CommunityCorby · 64 miles awayGood60%
Foulds SchoolBarnet · 3 miles awayGood84%
Perryfields Junior SchoolChelmsford · 28 miles awayOutstanding91%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 32% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · White British 30% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 8% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Barnet 0%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 0.85 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

47.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,746; 13% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,334
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £178,404; in-year balance -£92,557

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.9%62.3%
Social housing0.2%17.1%
Privately rented8.9%20.5%
Detached houses26.7%22.9%
Flats2.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms53.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000115 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£599,000428 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£448,500–£713,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£926,000
Semi-detached (117)£715,000
Terraced (141)£625,000
Flat (160)£414,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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