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St George's Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedRoman Catholic507 pupilsNurseryEnfield
School Chooser Score
83
Above
similar schools
Likely range 72 to 90
Out of 100. Better than 63% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, October 2019
Reached the expected level at 1181%England 63%
Attendance94.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families13%Far fewer than most schools
Places3 spare507 pupils, 510 places
Pupils per teacher22.7School workforce census

St George's Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic school (voluntary aided) in Enfield for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 507 pupils and room for 510. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 83 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 63% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2019.

Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA020 8363 3729st-georges.enfield.sch.ukMr P O'rourke headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 October 2019, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A later, shorter visit on 29 January 2025 said: “Standards maintained”.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

This inspection is more than 7 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
29 January 2025UngradedStandards maintained

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

84 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1181%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level14%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score108.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score108.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 85%85%20172018: 78%78%20182019: 74%74%20192023: 78%78%20232024: 79%79%20242025: 81%81%2025
Since 2017: -4%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017EnfieldEngland
Pupils tested8471888111689
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths81%79%78%74%78%85%70%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths14%11%10%9%20%26%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score108.0107.0108.0107.0108.0108.0106.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0108.0108.0106.0107.0107.0105.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score112.0112.0111.0110.0110.0111.0106.7105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard86%83%86%86%84%90%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard86%93%89%84%84%92%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)93%92%85%93%92%96%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.3-0.2+0.9+1.9
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.5-1.1+0.8+1.7
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged54%60%63%75%63%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged86%82%80%74%80%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
54%86%
Gap 32 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
85%74%
Gap 11 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
75%81%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
8%14%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

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.

Plenty of spare places509 pupils for 660 places, 2024/25
77% full

151 places were empty (23% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 14% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

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 Enfield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll507Census January 2026
Places51099% full
Pupils from low-income families13%13% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English28%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support7%36 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan2%11 pupils with a plan
Average class size28.218 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)14%£102,300 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls246 / 261
White British pupils36%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 27.2 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 28.7 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (12), Autistic spectrum disorder (10), language and communications needs (10), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (5), Specific learning difficulty (5), Other difficulty or disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll507535561560598598
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals13%12%11%11%9%7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language28%27%28%22%19%16%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support7%5%6%6%3%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%2%2%3%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school12.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.7%5.3%5.9%5.1%2.0%3.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.9%4.6%5.2%4.9%2.0%3.2%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.8%0.7%0.7%0.2%0.0%0.0%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence12.1%14.3%12.2%10.9%0.8%3.4%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers22.4full-time equivalent, 28 people
Pupils per teacher22.7Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants11.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£49,826
Teachers who left in the year5%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher8.82024/25

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£7,139England £7,738. Total £3.8m
Income per pupil£7,055England £7,697. Total £3.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,652England £3,480
Money in reserve-2%In the red: -£66k, -£125 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£44kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£7,139spent 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 m52712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate113 per 1,000 people24% higher than the England average
Typical house price£475,000Enfield
Nearest bus stop100 mGordon Road (EN1), 16 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 Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England300 m389No overall grade 202483Compare
Chase Side Primary SchoolCouncil590 m361Good 202230Compare
Lavender Primary SchoolAcademy650 m472Not inspected58Compare
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England740 m438Good 202286Compare
George Spicer Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles703Good 202377Compare
Worcesters Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles599Good 202446Compare
One Degree AcademyFree school0.9 miles419Not inspected94Compare
Carterhatch Infant SchoolCouncil1.1 miles292Good 202315Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares St George's Catholic Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats63%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 83 is 13 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 14 · middle 70 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than St George's Catholic Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Raglan Infant SchoolCouncil1.6 miles454Outstanding 202498Compare
Ainslie Wood Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles451Good 202390Compare
Sherington Primary SchoolCouncil13.2 miles436Good 202390Compare
St John's Walham Green Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England13.7 miles428Outstanding 202488Compare
John Ball Primary SchoolCouncil13.8 miles672Outstanding 202490Compare
Telferscot Primary SchoolCouncil15.2 miles436No overall grade 202590Compare
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy15.5 miles447Outstanding 202298Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 83 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 83% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 72 to 90. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.25
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 84 pupils
Ofsted inspection10% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 7.0 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.17
DfE progress measure; 84 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
-0.03
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.01
2024/25; 470 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.09
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 84 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is St George's Catholic Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. St George's Catholic Primary School scores 83 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 63% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 72 to 90, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is St George's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated St George's Catholic Primary School good at its last full inspection on 1 October 2019. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.

How good are St George's Catholic Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 81% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 14% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does St George's Catholic Primary School have?

507 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 510 places, so it is 99% full.

Is St George's Catholic Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 151 places were empty in 2024/25 (23% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at St George's Catholic Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 12% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at St George's Catholic Primary School?

The average class had 28.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

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

Contact and details

Address
Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA
Telephone
020 8363 3729
Website
www.st-georges.enfield.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr P O'rourke
Type of school
Roman Catholic school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Westminster
Local authority
Enfield
Ward
Town
Constituency
Enfield North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102038 · LAESTAB 3083502 · UKPRN 10071645

Where these figures come from