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Coleridge Primary School

Primary · London · N8 8DN

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 March 2025

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At a glance

882 pupils · 100% of 879 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.coleridgeprimary.net/
URN
102121

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 147 families named it first for 120 Reception places, 1.23 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.472 miles; distance decided places in 13 of the 18 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.23 first-choice applications per place

120 places offered · 147 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 0.472 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.472 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Kilmorie Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood66%
Green Ridge Primary AcademyAylesbury · 36 miles awayExpected standard68%
Tudor Court Primary SchoolGrays · 20 miles awayGood73%
The Langley Academy PrimarySlough · 19 miles awayExpected standard61%
Britannia Primary School and NurseryIpswich · 65 miles awayGood63%
Grange Park Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood87%
Greswold Primary SchoolSolihull · 92 miles awayGood67%
The Echelford Primary SchoolAshford · 17 miles awayExpected standard74%
Birkbeck Primary SchoolSidcup · 14 miles awayGood85%
Parish Church of England Primary SchoolBromley · 13 miles awayGood80%
Newport SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding73%
Beaver Road Primary SchoolManchester · 155 miles awayOutstanding75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 43% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Any other White background 26% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.12 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
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 6% 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)

76.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £60,709; 9.3% 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£7,435
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£336,229; in-year balance -£90,581

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher67.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work55.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier41.7%62.3%
Social housing20%17.1%
Privately rented37.9%20.5%
Detached houses2.7%22.9%
Flats89%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van58.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001984 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£620,0001,047 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£475,000–£968,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£2,062,500
Semi-detached (37)£1,615,000
Terraced (205)£1,400,000
Flat (789)£553,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.76 km, 2026 entry): 570 sales, median £625,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
16an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
83an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an 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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