St George's Catholic Primary School

St George’s Catholic Primary School demonstrates good overall effectiveness, with pupils achieving well during their time at the institution. The school fosters an environment where students feel safe and valued, with strong staff-student relationships and a focus on personal development. Staff members encourage pupils to be responsible and to develop good manners, making learning interesting and manageable. Although there are notable strengths, such as the quality of education and leadership, concerns about the consistency in matching reading materials to pupils' abilities and the clarity of subject leaders' roles have been flagged for improvement. This inspection follows the previous outstanding rating, indicating a shift in performance levels.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• Strong leadership encourages ambition and responsibility among pupils.
• High-quality early years provision enables children to thrive.
• Teachers create interesting lessons and foster good learning habits.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in matching reading books to pupils' phonics knowledge.
• Subject leaders lack a clear understanding of curriculum delivery across all 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 George's Catholic Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St George's Catholic 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 St George's Catholic Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.3% 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, 7.1% of pupils at St George's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 George's Catholic Primary School received £7,437 and spent £7,428 for each of its 507 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £62,000 (-£122 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 George's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St George's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was St George's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St George's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does St George's Catholic Primary School have?

St George's Catholic Primary School has 507 pupils on roll.

What age range does St George's Catholic Primary School cover?

St George's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St George's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St George's Catholic Primary School?

St George's Catholic Primary School is at Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA.