St Paul's CofE Primary School N11

St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 is performing well as a good school, maintaining its positive reputation in the community. The school fosters a nurturing environment, promoting values of compassion and respect among its students. Parents express high regard for the school's commitment to individual pupil needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, effectively engaging pupils in their learning, while positive behavior and attitudes are a hallmark of the school culture. However, there are some concerns regarding the consistency of long-term knowledge retention across subjects. Some pupils struggle to recall previously taught information, which affects their ability to connect new learning to prior knowledge. Addressing this will enhance the school's capacity to support all pupils' understanding and academic success moving forward.

Strengths

• Nurturing and caring environment with a strong community ethos.
• High expectations leading to good pupil achievement.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Robust teaching of reading resulting in confident readers.
• Positive behavior and attitudes among pupils.
• Engaging and ambitious curriculum that includes diverse learning opportunities.
• Strong leadership and staff morale, contributing to a positive school culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent long-term knowledge retention in some subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 received £9,346 and spent £10,219 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £7,000 (£42 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Paul's CofE Primary School N11's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 have?

St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 has 181 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 cover?

St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Paul's CofE Primary School N11's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's CofE Primary School N11?

St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 is at The Avenue, Friern Barnet, London, N11 1NQ.