The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Weir Hall Road
Tottenham
The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School
London
N17 8LB
Phone 02088082053
Reference Number 102087

The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School is performing well, maintaining its reputation as a good school. Pupils thrive in a nurturing environment where their well-being is prioritized, leading to high levels of engagement and enthusiastic learning. The school's strong emphasis on early years education, reading, and a wide array of extracurricular activities helps prepare pupils effectively for their transition to secondary education. However, while some subjects show a clear progression of knowledge, there are areas where the curriculum could better link early years learning to later stages.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 378
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 44.44%
Girls: 55.56%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 42.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 66.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 31 48
2 25 27 52
3 12 18 30
4 23 29 52
5 13 29 42
6 19 22 41

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 31.7%
African 16.4%
Mixed, Other 8.5%
White, British 6.1%
Caribbean 4.5%
Pakistani 2.1%
Asian, Other 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
Irish 0.8%
White & Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 19 Oct 2021
Date Report
19 Oct 2021 School inspection
12 Oct 2016 Short inspection
17 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
09 Jul 2010 Curriculum and development visit
17 Sep 2008 Full inspection:
22 Mar 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils demonstrate high engagement and enthusiasm for learning.
  • Strong emphasis on reading and phonics contributes to pupil success.
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
  • Positive behavior and safe environment fostered by staff.
  • Welcoming atmosphere enhanced by diverse extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some teachers' subject knowledge, particularly in physical education, is not consistently strong.
  • Certain foundation subjects do not clearly build on early years knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

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 108
Maths 107

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 -0.4
Writing 1.3
Maths 0.9

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 0
Third Preference 12 1
From another Local Authority 12 7

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