Delta Primary School

Delta Primary School is performing exceptionally well, with outstanding judgements across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils flourish in a warm, inclusive community where strong relationships help them feel safe and valued, and where high academic ambitions are matched by a calm, purposeful environment. Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve exceptionally well regardless of their starting points. The curriculum is highly ambitious and well sequenced from the early years, helping pupils build detailed knowledge and recall it with ease. Reading and phonics are taught strongly, staff are well trained, and pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and supported effectively. Behaviour is exemplary, attendance is improving, and the personal development programme empowers pupils through leadership roles and a strong understanding of British values. Safeguarding is effective. This is a much smaller than average primary school within the Connect Education Trust. It was previously judged to require improvement, and since then governors and the trust have implemented robust actions, including high-quality staff development and a strong focus on staff well-being. The executive headteacher joined in January 2023, and staff report exceptional positivity about the support they receive.

Strengths

• Warm and inclusive community where pupils feel safe and valued
• Highly ambitious curriculum sequenced well from the early years
• Pupils develop exceptionally detailed knowledge and recall it easily
• Strong phonics and reading provision with precise teaching and matched books
• Swift identification and effective support for pupils with SEND
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and clear, consistent expectations
• Improved attendance and reduced persistent absence through strong parental engagement
• Highly aspirational personal development programme with meaningful pupil leadership roles
• Strong promotion of British values, empathy and understanding of diversity
• Effective leadership with robust trust and governor support
• High-quality staff development and a strong focus on staff well-being
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Early years provision builds confidence, focus and interests well

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 Delta Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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 Delta 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 Delta Primary School had 15.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Delta Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Delta Primary School received £10,381 and spent £10,184 for each of its 120 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £19,000 (-£159 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Connect Education Trust, income was £7,297 and spending £7,332 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 Enfield · Enfield local authority: places and applications

Delta Primary School is part of Connect Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Hazelbury Primary School London
• Carterhatch Junior School Enfield
• Chesterfield Primary School Enfield
• Fern House School Enfield
• Grange Park Primary School London
• Eversley Primary School London
• Bowes Primary School London

What is Delta Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Delta Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Delta Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Delta Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Delta Primary School have?

Delta Primary School has 112 pupils on roll.

What age range does Delta Primary School cover?

Delta Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Delta Primary School?

Delta Primary School is at Nightingale Road, 206A, Edmonton, Enfield, N9 8PT.