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Earlsmead Primary School

Primary · London · N15 4PW

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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 15 September 2022

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At a glance

456 pupils · 91% of 500 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
57.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.earlsmead.haringey.sch.uk
URN
102091

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 0.84 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 0.5209 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 18 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.5209 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Haringey average71.7%
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
Abbeyfield Primary AcademySheffield · 139 miles awayGood59%
Brentside Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood85%
Cottage Grove Primary School and NurserySouthsea · 70 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Cobden Primary School & Community CentreLoughborough · 95 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Risley Avenue Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayGood63%
Albion Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood69%
Sidney Stringer Primary AcademyCoventry · 84 miles awayStrong standard69%
Varna Community Primary SchoolManchester · 158 miles awayGood39%
Joseph Cash Primary SchoolCoventry · 85 miles awayNo current grade65%
Armitage CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 158 miles awayOutstanding (2019)57%
Chuckery Primary SchoolWalsall · 106 miles awayGood64%
Cardwell Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding79%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
6 of 15 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 28% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 23% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 7% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 6% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · White British 3% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Haringey 1%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Haringey 0%, England 0%) · Not recorded 1% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
6.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.21 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Haringey: 1.05 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
28.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% 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)

63.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 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 £66,929; 17.6% 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£9,190
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £82,803; in-year balance +£163,438

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier21.2%62.3%
Social housing44.3%17.1%
Privately rented33.8%20.5%
Detached houses1.6%22.9%
Flats84.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002071 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£485,000542 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£374,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (6)£661,000
Terraced (211)£650,000
Flat (325)£405,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.84 km, 2016 entry): 320 sales, median £475,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
43an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
275an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
45an 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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