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St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary · London · N4 4RR

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 July 2024

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At a glance

217 pupils · 90% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
16.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.staidansprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
102132

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.252 miles; distance decided places in 11 of the 18 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 10 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.252 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.252 miles

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

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
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Haringey average71.7%
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
Hardingstone AcademyNorthampton · 55 miles awayGood56%
Merstham Primary SchoolRedhill · 22 miles awayGood34%
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughScarborough · 186 miles awayGood77%
Abel Smith SchoolHertford · 15 miles awayOutstanding55%
The Wroxham SchoolPotters Bar · 10 miles awayGood77%
Frogmore Junior SchoolCamberley · 34 miles awayGood75%
Potley Hill Primary SchoolYateley · 34 miles awayGood68%
Emmbrook Junior SchoolWokingham · 34 miles awayExpected standard71%
Thorpe CofE Aided Primary SchoolEgham · 22 miles awayGood44%
Girton Glebe Primary SchoolCambridge · 47 miles awayGood61%
St Chad's Patchway CofE Primary SchoolBristol · 105 miles awayGood56%
Byfleet Primary SchoolWest Byfleet · 23 miles awayNo current grade87%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 45% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Any other White background 17% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 3% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.45 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

57% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 26% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.1 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 £58,113; 16.7% 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£9,129
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£552,583; in-year balance -£65,848

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher73.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work62.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.7%62.3%
Social housing12%17.1%
Privately rented35.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.6%22.9%
Flats73.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002061 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£611,500944 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£469,500–£860,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£1,600,000
Semi-detached (23)£1,272,000
Terraced (202)£1,300,000
Flat (710)£540,000

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 (0.41 km, 2026 entry): 168 sales, median £620,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
19an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
71an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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