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Merryhills Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 618 pupils Enfield
Ofsted: Good
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Merryhills Primary School is an academy converter in Enfield for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 618 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Merryhills Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2018 of its predecessor, Merryhills Primary School. In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Bincote Road
Enfield
EN2 7RE
Phone 02083631403
Reference Number 150114

General Makeup

Number of pupils 618
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.68%
Girls: 50.32%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 38 53 91
2 47 39 86
3 50 40 90
4 36 51 87
5 52 38 90
6 41 44 85

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 34%
White, Other 28.8%
Mixed, Other 11.8%
Indian 4.7%
Unclassified 3.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.2%
White & Asian 3.1%
Asian, Other 2.3%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Irish 0.8%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Merryhills Primary School, inspected in April 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Dec 2023 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 90%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 30%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 111
Maths 110
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 96 8
Third Preference 70 3
From another Local Authority 8 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Merryhills Primary School had 619 pupils for 630 places. 11 places (1.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Highlands Primary” planning area

Enfield counted 460 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 426 in 2029–30, down 7%.

20242025
Places 630630
Pupils 623619
Unfilled 1.1%1.7%

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 Merryhills Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.0%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.6%

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, 0.6% of pupils at Merryhills Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.31.8
Permanent exclusions 00

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 Merryhills Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.011.4
Teachers who left state teaching 3.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 61.8%–
Sick days per teacher 3.1–

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, 7.4% of pupils at Merryhills Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 13 22
Moderate learning difficulty 10 3
Social, emotional and mental health 11 1
Speech, language and communication needs 6 1
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 Merryhills Primary School received £6,697 and spent £6,779 for each of its 621 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£259 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Attigo Academy Trust, income was £7,918 and spending £7,858 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £161,000
per pupil £259
In-year balance -£51,000
per pupil -£82

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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Merryhills Primary School is part of Attigo Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

What is Merryhills Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Merryhills Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2018 of its predecessor, Merryhills Primary School.

When was Merryhills Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Merryhills Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Merryhills Primary School have?

Merryhills Primary School has 618 pupils on roll.

What age range does Merryhills Primary School cover?

Merryhills Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Merryhills Primary School?

Merryhills Primary School is at Bincote Road, Enfield, EN2 7RE.

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