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St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · N22 7SZ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 March 2025

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At a glance

165 pupils · 79% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
22.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
87% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stpaulswoodgreen.org.uk/
URN
102146

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold 13 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 4 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 23 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. 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

27 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
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 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
St Paul's CofE Primary School N11London · 2 miles awayGood63%
Wessex Gardens Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood63%
Bankfoot Primary SchoolBradford · 165 miles awayGood83%
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWakefield · 155 miles awayGood57%
Halley Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood68%
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester · 85 miles awayGood64%
Priory Primary SchoolBedford · 40 miles awayGood50%
Kenmore Park Junior SchoolHarrow · 8 miles awayGood60%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolTilbury · 22 miles awayGood70%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayOutstanding83%
Manorside Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood73%
William Davies Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayExpected standard61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 36% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · Black African 19% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · White British 4% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 3% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Haringey 3%, 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.62 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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% 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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.8 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 £56,617; 14.3% 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£9,166
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £36,993; in-year balance +£6,889

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.8%62.3%
Social housing14.7%17.1%
Privately rented37.5%20.5%
Detached houses4.3%22.9%
Flats51.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van51.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002098 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£515,000639 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£378,000–£610,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (19)£783,000
Terraced (169)£675,000
Flat (447)£435,000

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
12an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
44an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
290an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
47an 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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