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Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy

Primary · Enfield · EN3 7GB

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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: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 March 2025

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At a glance

440 pupils · 92% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
41.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
61.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.kingfisherhallacademy.org.uk/
URN
138203

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 50 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.721 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 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 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 50 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.721 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
16%
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Enfield average70.1%
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
Belfield Community SchoolRochdale · 162 miles awayGood49%
Shackleton Primary SchoolBedford · 37 miles awayNeeds attention54%
Hanbury Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 103 miles awayGood50%
Chuckery Primary SchoolWalsall · 104 miles awayGood64%
Gosford Park Primary SchoolCoventry · 80 miles awayRequires improvement35%
Lancasterian Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood64%
Spring Lane Primary SchoolNorthampton · 55 miles awayGood62%
Greenbank Primary SchoolRochdale · 163 miles awayExpected standard66%
Boston Pioneers Free School AcademyBoston · 91 miles awayGood63%
Holycroft Primary SchoolKeighley · 172 miles awayGood58%
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary SchoolBolton · 166 miles awayGood61%
Reedswood E-ACT AcademyWalsall · 105 miles awayExceptional83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 34% (Enfield 32%, England 7%) · Black African 16% (Enfield 13%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 9% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Enfield 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · White British 6% (Enfield 18%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 4% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Enfield 2%, 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.35 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Enfield: 1.35 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
24.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.7 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 £52,080; 11.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,726
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £3,262,000; in-year balance +£488,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.1%62.3%
Social housing19.3%17.1%
Privately rented26.4%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats31.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van31%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001440 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,000251 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,000–£463,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£489,000
Semi-detached (46)£477,000
Terraced (123)£429,000
Flat (77)£252,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.16 km, 2024 entry): 303 sales, median £402,000. 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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
17an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
81an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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