Eastfield Primary School

Eastfield Primary School is a highly effective, inclusive school where pupils achieve strongly from their starting points. Inspectors found consistent strength across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Safeguarding arrangements meet requirements, and the school has an open safeguarding culture. Disadvantaged pupils perform well above national averages, and pupils with SEND, including those in the specially resourced provision for autistic spectrum disorder and complex needs, make excellent progress. The school serves a larger-than-average community with well-above-average deprivation and free school meals eligibility. Leaders have an accurate view of the school's work, use research-informed approaches, and are well supported by trustees who monitor provision closely. Behaviour is excellent, attendance is strong, and relationships between staff, pupils and families are respectful and collaborative. There are no identified areas of concern. The next step is for leaders and trustees to sustain and build on this effective work so its impact is lasting and far-reaching.

Strengths

• Expertly sequenced curriculum from early years to Year 6
• Highly effective teaching of early reading, writing and mathematics
• Pupils, including those with SEND, make excellent progress from their starting points
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve above national averages
• Excellent behaviour and a calm, purposeful learning environment
• Strong attendance, including for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Highly inclusive provision, including a specially resourced SEND provision
• Strong leadership and governance with effective trust oversight
• Well-sequenced personal development and wellbeing curriculum
• Positive, respectful relationships with parents, carers and pupils
• Pupils are well prepared for the next stage of education and life in modern Britain

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 Eastfield Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Eastfield 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 Eastfield Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.5% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Eastfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

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 Eastfield Primary School received £8,194 and spent £7,920 for each of its 425 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £285,000 (£671 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Ivy Learning Trust, income was £7,250 and spending £7,265 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

Eastfield Primary School is part of Ivy Learning Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Brimsdown Primary School Enfield
• Lavender Primary School Enfield
• Churchfield Primary School London
• Woodside Primary School Waltham Cross
• De Bohun Primary School London
• Walker Primary School London
• The Wroxham School Potters Bar
• Watchlytes Primary School Welwyn Garden City
• Peartree Primary School Welwyn Garden City
• Richard Whittington Primary School Bishop'S Stortford

What is Eastfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eastfield Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Eastfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastfield Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Eastfield Primary School have?

Eastfield Primary School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastfield Primary School cover?

Eastfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastfield Primary School?

Eastfield Primary School is at Eastfield Road, Enfield, EN3 5UX.