St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Edmonton, Enfield·N9 7HJ
Composite score
34.4
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#12,465
National rank
#1602
In London
#62
In Enfield
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
56 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
99
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9820221.0320230.9820241.0020250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Edmund's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
393
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
76.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,211
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

St Edmund's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Edmonton, Enfield, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 393 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Edmund's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 58 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Edmund's Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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