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Brimsdown Primary School

Primary · Enfield · EN3 7NA

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 December 2023

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At a glance

451 pupils · 65% of 690 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
49.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.brimsdown.enfield.sch.uk/
URN
143202

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 37 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.503 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 14 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 5 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

37 places offered · 37 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 (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.503 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
East Ward Community Primary SchoolBury · 164 miles awayExpected standard62%
Berger Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood (2016)69%
Greenpark AcademyKing's Lynn · 79 miles awayGood48%
Cubitt Town Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood63%
St James' CofE Primary School GortonManchester · 154 miles awayGood48%
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm AcademyLondon · 10 miles awayOutstanding74%
Ashbury Meadow Primary SchoolManchester · 155 miles awayRequires improvement32%
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolMargate · 64 miles awayGood31%
Ben Jonson Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood72%
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm AcademyLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding65%
Marion Richardson Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayOutstanding64%
Fagley Primary SchoolBradford · 165 miles awayOutstanding27%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision and SEN unit.

SEN unit
10 of 20 places taken places may be available
Resourced provision
9 of 12 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 39% (Enfield 32%, England 7%) · White British 10% (Enfield 18%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Enfield 13%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Enfield 6%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 5% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Enfield 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Enfield 1%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Enfield 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · 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)
7.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.83 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
19
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 7% 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)

67.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.9 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 £59,041; 11.5% 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£8,618
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £356,000; in-year balance +£333,000

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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 higher30.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.9%62.3%
Social housing21.5%17.1%
Privately rented28.6%20.5%
Detached houses5.1%22.9%
Flats26.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001438 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000205 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£470,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (42)£479,500
Terraced (118)£429,000
Flat (41)£260,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.81 km, 2022 entry): 136 sales, median £426,500. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
60an 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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