Southbury Primary School

Southbury Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education, behavior, and leadership since its previous inspection. Pupils enjoy a supportive and inclusive environment, where they are encouraged to work hard and engage in their learning. The school offers an ambitious curriculum, with a focus on developing knowledge and skills across various subjects, from coding to history, ensuring that all students achieve to the best of their abilities. However, there are concerns regarding high levels of absenteeism, which affect some students' learning. The school's leadership is aware of this issue and is actively working to improve attendance strategies for families.

Strengths

• Pupils display positive behavior and a strong work ethic.
• The school fosters an inclusive atmosphere welcoming new students.
• Teachers have high expectations and effectively support pupils' learning.
• A well-established and ambitious curriculum is in place.
• Staff are committed to broadening pupils' experiences beyond academics.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and values.
• Effective phonics teaching contributes to pupils becoming fluent readers.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' learning in some subjects.
• Lack of clarity on key concepts and vocabulary in early years.
• Persistent absenteeism remains a significant concern.

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 Southbury Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Southbury Primary School 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 Southbury Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% 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, 12.0% of pupils at Southbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Southbury Primary School received £8,866 and spent £8,315 for each of its 331 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £693,000 (-£2,093 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 Southbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Southbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Southbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Southbury Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Southbury Primary School have?

Southbury Primary School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Southbury Primary School cover?

Southbury Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Southbury Primary School?

Southbury Primary School is at Swansea Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 4JG.