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Garfield Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 253 pupils London
Ofsted: Good
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Garfield Primary School is a community school in Enfield for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 253 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Garfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024. In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. About 60% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Upper Park Road
New Southgate
Enfield
London
N11 1BH
Phone 02083684500
Reference Number 101992

General Makeup

Number of pupils 253
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.83%
Girls: 52.17%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 44.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 77.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 11 28
2 10 10 20
3 17 23 40
4 19 18 37
5 29 26 55
6 10 21 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 38.7%
African 14.6%
Mixed, Other 10.3%
White, British 8.3%
Asian, Other 4.3%
Indian 2.8%
Pakistani 2.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Caribbean 1.2%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 01 Oct 2024
Date Report
01 Oct 2024 School inspection
26 Mar 2019 Short inspection
13 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
07 Mar 2013 Monitoring visit
21 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
11 Nov 2009 Full inspection:
06 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
12 Jun 2007 Monitoring visit
21 Feb 2007 Monitoring visit
05 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
24 Jun 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 54%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 102
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.2
Writing -1.8
Maths -0.6

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 1
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 8 3

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Garfield Primary School had 251 pupils for 630 places. 379 places (60.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bowes/Southgate Green Primary” planning area

Enfield counted 230 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 216 in 2029–30, down 6%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420450480630630630630630630630630630
Pupils 282286314362415456436431388373341319287261251
Unfilled 32.9%31.9%25.2%13.8%7.8%5.0%30.8%31.6%38.4%40.8%45.9%49.4%54.4%58.6%60.2%

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 Garfield Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%4.3%3.1%3.3%3.6%3.2%3.7%4.6%5.3%4.3%4.5%
Unauthorised absence 2.4%2.2%1.9%1.9%2.2%1.9%1.6%1.6%2.1%1.8%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%1.7%0.7%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.0%0.7%0.8%0.4%

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, 0.4% of pupils at Garfield Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.02.12.54.34.24.02.52.23.30.51.04.46.46.50.71.1
Permanent exclusions 0000010000000000

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 Garfield Primary School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 19.89.98.810.39.210.49.39.49.99.48.99.211.18.09.110.1
Teachers who left state teaching 11.7%7.4%0.0%13.3%0.0%3.4%9.0%0.0%7.8%8.0%9.8%17.5%29.1%10.8%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 83.3%65.2%63.0%65.5%59.4%61.8%62.9%69.0%63.0%–72.7%75.0%73.7%68.4%80.0%–
Sick days per teacher 7.81.86.86.76.72.83.52.85.2–4.96.95.55.15.6–

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, 18.2% of pupils at Garfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 19 7
Social, emotional and mental health 15 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 8
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 1
Multi-sensory impairment 0 1

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 Garfield Primary School received £9,751 and spent £10,306 for each of its 247 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £194,000 (-£784 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £72,000-£66,000-£202,000-£152,000-£20,000£82,000-£57,000-£194,000
per pupil £187-£177-£602-£457-£68£314-£216-£784
In-year balance -£51,000-£138,000-£136,000£50,000£132,000£102,000-£138,000-£137,000
per pupil -£132-£372-£406£149£442£391-£529-£554

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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St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior School
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1.35 miles
Name Distance
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0.17 miles
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0.48 miles
Friern Barnet School
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0.81 miles
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0.82 miles
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0.99 miles
St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School
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1.06 miles
Ashmole Academy
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1.13 miles
The Compton School
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1.19 miles
St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls
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1.22 miles
Greek Secondary School of London
22 Trinity Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8LB
1.3 miles
Heartlands High School
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1.33 miles
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1.35 miles
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1.41 miles
Imperial College London Mathematics School
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1.41 miles
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1.51 miles
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1.55 miles
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1.59 miles
Palmers Green High School
1.61 miles
Oak Hill School
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1.67 miles

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What is Garfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Garfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Garfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Garfield Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Garfield Primary School have?

Garfield Primary School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Garfield Primary School cover?

Garfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Garfield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Garfield Primary School?

Garfield Primary School is at Upper Park Road, New Southgate, Enfield, London, N11 1BH.

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