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Walker Primary School

Primary · London · N14 7EG

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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: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 May 2023

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At a glance

420 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.walker.enfield.sch.uk
URN
146868

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 52 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.959 miles; distance decided places in 15 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2008 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

0.88 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 52 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.959 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.959 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
31%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Kempston Rural Primary SchoolKempston · 38 miles awayGood67%
Churchfields Junior SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding91%
St Christophers AcademyDunstable · 24 miles awayGood33%
Bickley Primary SchoolBromley · 17 miles awayGood73%
Ardleigh Green Junior SchoolHornchurch · 15 miles awayOutstanding75%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolSwindon · 72 miles awayGood (2019)70%
West Didsbury CE Primary SchoolManchester · 153 miles awayGood73%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolBexleyheath · 16 miles awayOutstanding84%
Scotts Primary SchoolHornchurch · 16 miles awayOutstanding90%
Summercroft Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 22 miles awayGood73%
Green Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolWorcester Park · 17 miles awayGood63%
Beatrix Potter Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 36% (Enfield 18%, England 60%) · Any other White background 30% (Enfield 32%, England 7%) · Not recorded 9% (Enfield 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Enfield 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Enfield 1%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Enfield 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Enfield 13%, England 5%) · 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.48 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
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 14% 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)

77.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.1 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 £55,754; 10.5% 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£6,323
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£246,000; in-year balance -£15,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher55.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.4%62.3%
Social housing6.6%17.1%
Privately rented30%20.5%
Detached houses18.6%22.9%
Flats41.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001521 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£756,000314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£508,000–£940,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£1,067,500
Semi-detached (150)£860,000
Terraced (44)£792,000
Flat (93)£415,000

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 (1.43 km, 2025 entry): 701 sales, median £650,000. 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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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