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Forty Hill CofE Primary School

Primary · Enfield · EN2 9EY

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 23 April 2026

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At a glance

225 pupils · 96% of 234 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.fortyhill.com/
URN
102028

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Enfield average70.1%
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
Leigh St John's CofE PrimaryLeigh · 163 miles awayOutstanding (2019)67%
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieLONDON · 12 miles awayOutstanding93%
Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary SchoolFolkestone · 65 miles awayGood73%
St Catherine's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · 169 miles awayExpected standard62%
Beckfoot NessfieldKeighley · 170 miles awayGood51%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolDarlington · 208 miles awayGood77%
Stocks Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 163 miles awayGood57%
Latton Green Primary AcademyHarlow · 9 miles awayGood76%
Applegarth Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 193 miles awayGood47%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolBurnham-on-Sea · 130 miles awayGood66%
Shepherdswell Church of England Primary SchoolDOVER · 65 miles awayExpected standard82%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademySheffield · 136 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Enfield 18%, England 60%) · Any other White background 21% (Enfield 32%, England 7%) · Black African 13% (Enfield 13%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 5% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Enfield 6%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Enfield 2%, England 2%)

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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.17 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Enfield: 1.35 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
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

56% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 35% 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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.1 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 £51,430; 11.1% 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£7,444
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £72,428; in-year balance +£56,484

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.4%62.3%
Social housing20.2%17.1%
Privately rented18.3%20.5%
Detached houses41%22.9%
Flats17.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001412 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000205 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£321,000–£495,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£560,000
Semi-detached (24)£487,500
Terraced (119)£465,000
Flat (57)£267,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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