Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors judged every key area outstanding: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school is described as a highly nurturing and inclusive community with exceptionally strong ambition for all pupils, including those with SEND, and staff set very high expectations from the start. The curriculum is carefully designed and sequenced, with a strong focus on language acquisition and a love of reading. Phonics is taught precisely and consistently, and reading books are well matched to pupils’ needs. Pupils behave exceptionally well, attendance is remarkably high, and personal development is strengthened by a wide range of trips, leadership roles and cultural experiences. Leaders, trustees and the Harris Federation provide strong support and training for staff. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2014, as it was previously exempt from routine inspection. The school is part of the Harris Federation, and under current arrangements it does not receive an overall effectiveness grade. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and inspectors identified no areas of concern.

Strengths

• Highly nurturing and inclusive community that values every pupil
• Exceptionally ambitious culture with high expectations for all pupils
• Carefully designed and sequenced curriculum tailored to the school’s context
• Strong focus on language acquisition across subjects and in early years
• Outstanding early reading and phonics provision that builds fluency and confidence
• High-quality texts and a strong culture of reading for pleasure
• Highly ambitious and effective support for pupils with SEND
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and strong self-control from early years
• Remarkably high attendance supported by close work with parents and carers
• Exceptional personal development opportunities, including trips, leadership roles and cultural experiences
• Strong leadership, governance and trust support with high-quality staff training
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park attended 97.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.9% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park 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 Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.8% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2024–25 Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park received £8,706 and spent £8,714 for each of its 435 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £367,000 (£844 per pupil).

Across all 58 schools of Harris Federation, income was £8,891 and spending £8,882 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Haringey · Haringey local authority: places and applications

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Academy Tottenham London
• Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane London
• Harris Academy Chobham London
• Harris Science Academy East London London
• Harris Academy St John's Wood London
• Harris Academy Bermondsey London
• Harris Westminster Sixth Form London
• Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park London
• Harris Lowe Academy Willesden London
• Harris Academy Peckham London

What is Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park have?

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park has 418 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park cover?

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park?

Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park is at Glendish Road, Tottenham, London, N17 9XT.