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Brook House Primary School

Primary · London · N17 8EY

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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 12 July 2023

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At a glance

408 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
44.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
63.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.brookhouseprimary.net
URN
141209

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 49 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 13 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 12 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

49 places offered · 47 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
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
Drew Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood76%
Ravenscroft Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding88%
Mayflower Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding80%
Collingwood Primary SchoolHull · 148 miles awayOutstanding77%
Reedswood E-ACT AcademyWalsall · 106 miles awayExceptional83%
St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 159 miles awayGood51%
Harry Gosling Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood60%
Boston Pioneers Free School AcademyBoston · 94 miles awayGood63%
Westminster Church of England Primary AcademyBradford · 167 miles awayGood54%
Holycroft Primary SchoolKeighley · 174 miles awayGood58%
Holmleigh Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood52%
Eastfield Primary SchoolEnfield · 4 miles awayStrong standard75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 38% (Haringey 26%, England 7%) · Black African 20% (Haringey 12%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Haringey 7%, England 3%) · White British 5% (Haringey 22%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Haringey 4%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 5% (Haringey 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Haringey 1%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · White Irish 1% (Haringey 1%, England 0%) · 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.37 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
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

65% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £55,387; 5.9% 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£9,129
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 62% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 24% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £368,000; in-year balance -£28,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways34.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier18.8%62.3%
Social housing50.3%17.1%
Privately rented29.7%20.5%
Detached houses1.4%22.9%
Flats93.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms2.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002034 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£380,000237 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£275,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (16)£487,500
Terraced (122)£427,500
Flat (99)£265,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
31an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
178an 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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