Pooles Park Primary School
Primary · London · N4 3NW
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 9 November 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 9 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
184 pupils · 77% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 68% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 25.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150522
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 9 November 2022, 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
0.90 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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
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Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
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no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other ethnic group 27% (Islington 8%, England 3%) · Black African 22% (Islington 16%, England 5%) · Any other White background 15% (Islington 16%, England 7%) · White British 8% (Islington 24%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Islington 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Islington 11%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Islington 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Islington 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Islington 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Islington: 1.95 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
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)
0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £65,865; 36.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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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 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 25.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 32.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 13.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 71.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 84.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 66.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002736 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £570,000996 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £442,000–£798,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 31an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 197an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 26an 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