School Context Comparator

Exam results say a lot about a school's pupils, not just its teaching. A school where many children are disadvantaged or have special educational needs will usually have lower results, even if it's doing a great job. This compares each school with what you'd expect from the pupils it teaches.

Primary and junior schools in Enfield: SATs results in context

% meeting the expected standard, average of the three years to 2024/25. Each numbered dot is a school (see the table below). Above the line means better results than you'd expect from its pupils; the shaded strip is "about what you'd expect".

  • Better than expected
  • About as expected
  • Below expected

The faint grey dots behind are every other school in England, for comparison.

Outlined in black: the school you compared (marked "Compared" in the table).

Green ring: low teacher turnover – among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay (three-year average).

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Did you know? In a class of 30, one child moves a school's SATs percentage by more than 3 points - which is why we use a three-year average. How this works

How each school compares

# School Compared with what you'd expect Actual Expected Gap Disadvantaged SEN EAL Pupils(3 years) Teacher turnover(a year)
1 One Degree Academy Well above 88% 57% +31.3 60% 20% 33% 84 15%above average
2 Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy Well above 82% 59% +23.0 52% 27% 62% 336 24%high
3 Enfield Heights Academy Well above 81% 63% +18.5 48% 19% 70% 80 18%above average
4 Hadley Wood Primary School Well above 91% 73% +18.1 7% 10% 48% 85 8%
5 Merryhills Primary School Well above 88% 70% +18.1 8% 10% 11% 267 3%
6 Hazelbury Primary School Well above 73% 57% +15.8 70% 20% 72% 400 13%below average
7 St Paul's CofE Primary School Well above 81% 66% +15.5 9% 25% 4% 176 16%above average
8 Forty Hill CofE Primary School Well above 76% 61% +14.7 32% 25% 21% 84 24%high
9 Grange Park Primary School Well above 82% 67% +14.7 22% 13% 31% 336 18%above average
10 St John's CofE Primary School Well above 84% 70% +14.0 14% 7% 21% 37 6%
11 Wolfson Hillel Primary School Well above 83% 70% +13.3 2% 14% 2% 177 12%below average
12 St Michael's CofE Primary School Well above 80% 67% +13.2 24% 13% 30% 168 17%above average
13 Bowes Primary School Well above 78% 65% +13.1 34% 18% 54% 209 11%below average
14 Wilbury Primary School Above 72% 61% +10.8 57% 13% 62% 300 17%above average
15 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Above 78% 68% +10.4 13% 19% 25% 94 13%
16 Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy Above 72% 62% +9.7 49% 18% 67% 162 27%high
17 St George's Catholic Primary School Above 79% 69% +9.7 15% 8% 19% 243 7%low
18 Carterhatch Junior School Above 70% 61% +9.1 58% 15% 67% 246 6%low
19 Walker Primary School Above 80% 71% +8.9 10% 7% 24% 179 21%high
20 George Spicer Primary School Above 72% 64% +8.5 42% 18% 60% 348 14%below average
21 Galliard Primary School Above 66% 58% +7.7 57% 23% 55% 243 22%high
22 The Raglan Junior School Above 76% 70% +6.1 21% 11% 56% 356 12%below average
23 Oasis Academy Hadley Above 64% 58% +6.0 77% 13% 83% 174 23%high
24 Meridian Angel Primary School Above 65% 60% +5.5 56% 24% 72% 69 37%
25 St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE) Above 72% 67% +5.4 21% 17% 31% 89 14%
26 Alma Primary School Above 67% 62% +4.9 55% 18% 84% 162 10%below average
27 Highfield Primary School Above 70% 65% +4.8 27% 17% 32% 267 5%low
28 St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior School Above 70% 65% +4.8 29% 27% 71% 211 15%above average
29 St Mary's Catholic Primary School As expected 70% 66% +4.4 33% 13% 43% 155 13%below average
30 Ark John Keats Academy As expected 61% 57% +4.0 61% 20% 40% 268 28%high
31 Worcesters Primary School As expected 62% 58% +3.9 56% 19% 35% 250 6%low
32 Edmonton County School As expected 65% 62% +3.1 42% 19% 42% 84 18%above average
33 St James CofE Primary School As expected 67% 64% +3.1 54% 13% 88% 73 23%
34 St Monica's RC Primary School As expected 71% 68% +3.1 6% 20% 10% 170 13%below average
35 St John and St James CofE Primary School As expected 65% 62% +3.0 52% 16% 66% 147 25%high
36 Lavender Primary School As expected 65% 63% +2.0 31% 20% 25% 170 17%above average
37 St Matthew's CofE Primary School As expected 61% 59% +2.0 48% 21% 28% 85 17%
38 Eastfield Primary School As expected 65% 64% +1.4 47% 14% 65% 182 23%high
39 Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School As expected 63% 62% +0.9 46% 18% 54% 84 15%
40 Hazelwood Junior School As expected 68% 67% +0.9 24% 15% 41% 252 13%
41 Churchfield Primary School As expected 57% 56% +0.6 65% 29% 75% 229 25%high
42 Southbury Primary School As expected 66% 66% +0.5 50% 7% 78% 167 13%below average
43 West Grove Primary As expected 65% 65% −0.4 35% 15% 54% 160 6%low
44 Chase Side Primary School As expected 64% 65% −1.3 32% 16% 46% 168 12%below average
45 Brimsdown Primary School As expected 56% 58% −1.7 63% 14% 36% 238 16%above average
46 St Andrew's CofE Primary School As expected 65% 67% −1.7 26% 9% 22% 171 5%low
47 Latymer All Saints CofE Primary School As expected 62% 64% −2.2 45% 13% 63% 222 18%above average
48 Suffolks Primary School As expected 49% 51% −2.3 77% 36% 68% 97 17%above average
49 Capel Manor Primary School As expected 57% 60% −2.6 50% 17% 30% 166 17%above average
50 Brettenham Primary School As expected 62% 65% −2.8 43% 17% 79% 167 22%high
51 Fleecefield Primary School As expected 61% 64% −3.1 50% 16% 89% 135 16%above average
52 Prince of Wales Primary School As expected 56% 60% −3.8 53% 22% 59% 217 13%below average
53 Houndsfield Primary School As expected 54% 58% −4.1 56% 33% 83% 186 17%above average
54 Oakthorpe Primary School Below 61% 68% −7.0 29% 10% 53% 226 8%low
55 Chesterfield Primary School Below 48% 55% −7.3 53% 44% 71% 205 20%above average
56 Eldon Primary School Below 55% 62% −7.3 40% 32% 85% 331 9%
57 Keys Meadow Primary School Below 57% 64% −7.4 46% 11% 63% 159 25%high
58 St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Below 50% 59% −8.7 63% 18% 63% 166 11%below average
59 Bush Hill Park Primary School Below 50% 60% −9.8 61% 14% 59% 174 29%high
60 Firs Farm Primary School Compared Below 59% 69% −10.3 19% 11% 42% 265 11%below average
61 Raynham Primary School Below 51% 62% −10.7 51% 22% 79% 245 24%high
62 Garfield Primary School Well below 52% 66% −13.7 51% 8% 87% 120 17%above average
63 Osidge Primary School Well below 54% 68% −13.9 36% 12% 81% 180 8%
64 Starks Field Primary School Well below 34% 60% −26.1 47% 23% 47% 101 13%below average

Results are the average of the last three Year 6 groups, which is steadier than a single year. Pupil percentages are for the latest Year 6. Disadvantaged: eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years, or looked after by the council. SEN: special educational needs (SEN support or an EHC plan). EAL: English as an additional language.

Not compared

How this works

We looked at every comparable state primary and junior school in England (14,315 schools) to see how SATs results usually change with the make-up of a year group. On average:

  • For every 10 more disadvantaged pupils in every 100, the share meeting the expected standard is about 2.4 percentage points lower.
  • For every 10 more pupils with SEN in every 100, it's about 2.4 percentage points lower.
  • For every 10 more pupils with English as an additional language in every 100, it's about 0.7 percentage points higher. Pupils learning English often catch up quickly.

From those, each school gets an expected result for its own pupils, which we compare with its actual result. Primary year groups are small – in a class of 30, one child moves the percentage by more than 3 points – so we use the three-year average and allow for each school's own pupil numbers: a small school needs a bigger gap before we call it above or below what you'd expect.

What we found: schools where teachers stay

We put every primary and junior school's result-against-expected next to its teacher turnover – the share of its teachers who moved to another school or left state schools each year, averaged over three years (DfE school workforce census). Across 8,274 schools in England, split into four equal groups by turnover:

Teacher turnoverTypical turnoverResults vs expectedDid better than expected
Lowest turnover 7% a year +1.8 pts 40%
Lower-middle 12% a year +1.2 pts 37%
Upper-middle 17% a year +0.7 pts 36%
Highest turnover 26% a year −1.2 pts 32%

The pattern is the same as for secondary schools but weaker, and most of the difference is in the quarter of schools where teachers leave most often (−1.2 percentage points, against +1.8 for the lowest-turnover quarter). Primary staffs are small and SATs results move around from year to year, which blurs the picture.

A link isn't proof that one causes the other: losing teachers may hold results back, and a school that's struggling for other reasons (leadership, for example) may also lose more teachers. Nationally, turnover is fairly steady from year to year and teachers who move are replaced – but between schools it varies a lot, from under one teacher in ten a year to more than one in five. The green rings on the chart mark the lowest-turnover quarter.

What it can't tell you

  • These three things explain only about 18% of the differences between schools. Much of what makes a school stronger or weaker, and much about its pupils, isn't captured by any published figure.
  • Even averaged over three years, small schools' results move around a lot, so treat close calls as roughly equal.
  • It isn't an excuse for lower results. It shows how a school does compared with schools teaching similar pupils, so you can compare more fairly.
  • We deliberately don't adjust for attendance or exclusions: those are partly down to the school itself.

Source: Department for Education, Key Stage 2 performance data (2024/25). Calculated by The School Companion.