Canonbury Primary School

Canonbury Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school with strong leadership and a dedicated staff. The school fosters an environment where pupils are happy, motivated, and eager to learn, thanks to high expectations set by teachers. Reading is given priority, and while there are effective strategies in place to support pupils' reading development, the phonics program is still in the process of being fully embedded across the school. Importantly, pupils receiving special educational needs support are well catered for, ensuring their needs are met effectively. Overall, the school promotes a positive atmosphere with a strong focus on both academic and personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils are motivated and have high aspirations set by teachers.
• The school promotes a strong reading culture among students.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective support and resources.
• Leaders have a well-planned and sequenced curriculum.
• Opportunities for cultural experiences and responsibilities are provided to all pupils.
• The school maintains a strong culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics program not fully embedded across all classes.
• In some subjects, teachers do not check what pupils have learned precisely.

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 Canonbury Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% 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 Canonbury 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 Canonbury Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% 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, 18.6% of pupils at Canonbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Canonbury Primary School received £9,639 and spent £9,605 for each of its 434 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £191,000 (£439 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 Canonbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Canonbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Canonbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Canonbury Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Canonbury Primary School have?

Canonbury Primary School has 441 pupils on roll.

What age range does Canonbury Primary School cover?

Canonbury Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Canonbury Primary School?

Canonbury Primary School is at Canonbury Road, London, N1 2UT.