Chestnuts Primary School

Chestnuts Primary School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness grade of Good. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils feel proud and safe, exhibiting good behavior and attitudes towards learning. Leaders maintain high expectations and communicate effectively with parents, creating an inclusive community. The commitment to early education is reflected in the phonics program and the support provided for pupils who struggle. Teachers in mathematics demonstrate strong subject knowledge, contributing to pupils' effective learning in this area.

Strengths

• Leaders have high expectations for behaviour and learning.
• Pupils feel proud of their school and its community.
• Strong phonics program supports early reading development.
• Teachers demonstrate good subject knowledge in mathematics.
• Effective assessment methods help track pupils' understanding.
• Leaders prioritize teaching of important vocabulary.
• Pupils have positive attitudes towards learning.
• Strong culture of care and effective safeguarding measures.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across subjects.
• Some subject leaders need to improve their monitoring of teaching.
• Lack of explicit sequencing of knowledge in a few 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 Chestnuts Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Chestnuts 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 Chestnuts Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2022–23, 9.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 18.4%).

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, 14.5% of pupils at Chestnuts Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Chestnuts Primary School received £8,140 and spent £8,129 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £99,000 (-£224 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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Chestnuts Primary School is part of The Green Lane Co-Operative Learning Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• North Harringay Primary School London

What is Chestnuts Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Chestnuts Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chestnuts Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Chestnuts Primary School have?

Chestnuts Primary School has 442 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chestnuts Primary School cover?

Chestnuts Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chestnuts Primary School?

Chestnuts Primary School is at Black Boy Lane, Tottenham, London, N15 3AS.