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St Paul's CofE Primary School N11

Primary · London · N11 1NQ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 17 July 2024

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At a glance

181 pupils · 86% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
25.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
72.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stpaulsn11.org.uk/
URN
101325

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 20 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: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Open (Straight-line distance)
0.549 miles
Open (Any other applicants)
0.455 miles

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWakefield · 153 miles awayGood57%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley BridgeBolton · 167 miles awayOutstanding79%
Field Junior SchoolWatford · 11 miles awayOutstanding (2017)85%
Kensington Primary AcademyLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding (2018)65%
St John Vianney RC Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding77%
The Annunciation RC Junior SchoolEdgware · 5 miles awayOutstanding71%
Cringle Brook Primary SchoolLevenshulme · 153 miles awayOutstanding72%
Garden Suburb Junior SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood75%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayOutstanding83%
Beecholme Primary SchoolMitcham · 14 miles awayGood (2019)72%
Millbrook SchoolWaltham Cross · 8 miles awayRequires improvement60%
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester · 83 miles awayGood64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 46% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · White British 12% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Black African 11% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%)

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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.46 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
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% 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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £55,917; 18.2% 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£10,219
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £7,449; in-year balance -£153,252

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.1%62.3%
Social housing21.3%17.1%
Privately rented31.6%20.5%
Detached houses2.1%22.9%
Flats53.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000124 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£486,000336 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£344,500–£625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£831,000
Semi-detached (53)£735,000
Terraced (109)£559,500
Flat (162)£342,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
63an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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