St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Haringey·N8 7BU
Composite score
59.5
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#4,054
National rank
#886
In London
#29
In Haringey
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 31 places
First choices per place
0.65
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 31 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's CofE 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
346
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
37.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£14,430
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving London, Haringey, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 346 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Mary's CofE Primary School 'Good'. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 31 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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