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St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School

Primary · ages 3-7MixedAcademyRoman CatholicNurseryLondonHaringey
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
Attendance95.0%England 94.8%

St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School is a converter academy in London for boys and girls aged 3 to 7.

Church Road, Tottenham, London, N17 8AZ020 8808 2923sfds.haringey.sch.ukDr James Lane executive headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Haringey council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll
Places180
Pupils from low-income families38%39% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English75%First language is not English
White British pupils4%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.0%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school13.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission1.6%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.0%4.8%6.1%5.4%3.6%4.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%3.3%4.2%3.5%2.6%2.9%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.6%1.5%1.9%1.9%1.0%1.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence13.0%13.2%15.6%13.9%9.9%8.8%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for St Francis de Sales RC Infant School, the school this one replaced in July 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£9,031England £7,738. Total £1.6m
Income per pupil£9,094England £7,697. Total £1.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,251England £3,480
Money in reserve4%Not much put by: £61k, £334 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£12kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£9,031spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,93812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate282 per 1,000 people210% higher than the England average
Typical house price£570,000Haringey
Nearest bus stop90 mTottenham Hotspur Football Club, 17 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Francis De Sales Catholic Junior SchoolAcademy40 mNot inspectedCompare
Lancasterian Primary SchoolCouncil230 m410Good 202334Compare
St Paul's and All Hallows CofE Infant SchoolAcademy360 m91Report card 202573Compare
St Paul's and All Hallows CofE Junior SchoolAcademy370 m106Good 202350Compare
Lea Valley Primary SchoolCouncil580 m388Good 202325Compare
Brook House Primary SchoolFree school630 m408Outstanding 202390Compare
Risley Avenue Primary SchoolCouncil700 m427Good 202219Compare
The Mulberry Primary SchoolCouncil730 m494Good 202228Compare

Questions parents ask

Is St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School yet.

How many pupils does St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School have?

The number of pupils is not published.

What is attendance like at St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School?

Pupils were in school 95.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Church Road, Tottenham, London, N17 8AZ
Telephone
020 8808 2923
Website
www.sfds.haringey.sch.uk
Executive Headteacher
Dr James Lane
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Westminster
Multi-academy trust
Lux Mundi Catholic Academy Trust (10 schools)
Local authority
Haringey
Ward
Bruce Castle
Constituency
Tottenham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 July 2026 (academy converter)
URN
151947 · LAESTAB 3093507 · UKPRN 10098592
Formerly
St Francis de Sales RC Infant School

Where these figures come from