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Lancasterian Primary School

Primary · London · N17 8NN

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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: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 June 2023

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At a glance

410 pupils · 89% of 459 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
38.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
61.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.lancasterianprimary.co.uk/
URN
102094

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 62 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.675 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 18 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 62 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.675 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.675 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Haringey average71.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Chuckery Primary SchoolWalsall · 105 miles awayGood64%
Chantry Community Primary SchoolGravesend · 22 miles awayExpected standard45%
Birchills Church of England Community AcademyWalsall · 106 miles awayGood37%
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior SchoolWalsall · 105 miles awayNo current grade70%
Cardwell Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding79%
Alexandra Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayExpected standard50%
Brentside Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood85%
Kingfisher Hall Primary AcademyEnfield · 4 miles awayGood78%
Keir Hardie Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding85%
Dormers Wells Primary SchoolSouthall · 14 miles awayGood64%
Cottage Grove Primary School and NurserySouthsea · 71 miles awayRequires improvement53%
John Perryn Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 29% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · White British 18% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Black African 11% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Haringey 1%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · 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)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.42 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
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 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 £59,158; 21.7% 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£9,360
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £224,446; in-year balance +£288,694

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier32%62.3%
Social housing34.3%17.1%
Privately rented32.6%20.5%
Detached houses6.6%22.9%
Flats46.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van56%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002041 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000338 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£328,000–£536,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (16)£465,500
Terraced (184)£519,000
Flat (137)£317,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.09 km, 2026 entry): 426 sales, median £450,000. 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
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
27an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
158an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an 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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