St James CofE Primary School

Enfield · EN3 7HH

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 188 pupils, 46.9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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St James CofE Primary School

General Information

Address: Frederick Crescent, Enfield, EN3 7HH – View on map
Phone: 02088041987
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Sheehan
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 15 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

188 pupils out of 210 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 84
% eligible for free school meals: 46.9%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Enfield average)
English as an additional language: 84% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 22.9% a year (Enfield 15.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Enfield: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Enfield, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Enfield average (71%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 67%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 75% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
Based on: 24 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolEnfield averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points below the Enfield average (71%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 47th of 65 junior and primary schools in the area

=47Houndsfield Primary School63%
=47Keys Meadow Primary School63%
=47St James CofE Primary School63%
#52St Matthew's CofE Primary School62%
=53Churchfield Primary School61%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Hadley Wood Primary School100%
=2Enfield Heights Academy93%
=2St John's CofE Primary School93%
#4Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy91%
=5Merryhills Primary School90%
=5One Degree Academy90%
=7Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School88%
=7Wolfson Hillel Primary School88%
=9Bowes Primary School87%
=9Grange Park Primary School87%
#11Walker Primary School85%
#12St Michael's CofE Primary School83%
#13St George's Catholic Primary School81%
=14St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)79%
=14West Grove Primary79%
#16Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy78%
#17St Paul's CofE Primary School77%
=18Highfield Primary School76%
=18Southbury Primary School76%
=18The Raglan Junior School76%
=21Eastfield Primary School75%
=21Wilbury Primary School75%
#23Brimsdown Primary School74%
=24Alma Primary School73%
=24Edmonton County School73%
=24Galliard Primary School73%
=24St Monica's RC Primary School73%
=28Brettenham Primary School72%
=28Meridian Angel Primary School72%
=28St Mary's Catholic Primary School72%
=31Carterhatch Junior School71%
=31Forty Hill CofE Primary School71%
=31Hazelwood Junior School71%
=31St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior School71%
#35Hazelbury Primary School70%
#36St Andrew's CofE Primary School69%
#37George Spicer Primary School68%
#38Delta Primary School67%
=39Chesterfield Primary School66%
=39St John and St James CofE Primary School66%
=41Lavender Primary School65%
=41Oasis Academy Hadley65%
=43Eldon Primary School64%
=43Firs Farm Primary School64%
=43Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School64%
=43Worcesters Primary School64%
=47Ark John Keats Academy63%
=47Fleecefield Primary School63%
=47Houndsfield Primary School63%
=47Keys Meadow Primary School63%
=47St James CofE Primary School63%
#52St Matthew's CofE Primary School62%
=53Churchfield Primary School61%
=53Oakthorpe Primary School61%
#55Chase Side Primary School60%
=56Latymer All Saints CofE Primary School59%
=56Prince of Wales Primary School59%
#58Osidge Primary School58%
#59Capel Manor Primary School57%
#60Garfield Primary School54%
#61St Edmund's Catholic Primary School53%
#62Bush Hill Park Primary School51%
#63Raynham Primary School42%
#64Starks Field Primary School37%
#65Suffolks Primary School32%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,914 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

11th of 60 primary schools in Enfield for spending per pupil

#9St John and St James CofE Primary School£8,969
#10Fleecefield Primary School£8,954
#11St James CofE Primary School£8,914
#12Eldon Primary School£8,829
#13Prince of Wales Primary School£8,747

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Suffolks Primary School£12,470
#2Starks Field Primary School£10,992
#3Delta Primary School£9,675
#4Houndsfield Primary School£9,319
#5Chesterfield Primary School£9,276
#6Garfield Primary School£9,234
#7Capel Manor Primary School£9,141
#8St John's CofE Primary School£9,004
#9St John and St James CofE Primary School£8,969
#10Fleecefield Primary School£8,954
#11St James CofE Primary School£8,914
#12Eldon Primary School£8,829
#13Prince of Wales Primary School£8,747
#14Brimsdown Primary School£8,618
#15Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School£8,454
#16Oakthorpe Primary School£8,420
#17Raynham Primary School£8,349
#18St Matthew's CofE Primary School£8,283
#19Latymer All Saints CofE Primary School£8,278
#20St Edmund's Catholic Primary School£8,211
#21Chase Side Primary School£8,020
#22Alma Primary School£7,916
#23Wolfson Hillel Primary School£7,908
#24Bush Hill Park Primary School£7,841
#25Wilbury Primary School£7,794
#26Enfield Heights Academy£7,779
#27St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,761
#28Churchfield Primary School£7,724
#29George Spicer Primary School£7,719
#30Meridian Angel Primary School£7,707
#31Osidge Primary School£7,706
#32Keys Meadow Primary School£7,679
#33Bowes Primary School£7,636
#34Southbury Primary School£7,528
#35West Grove Primary£7,491
#36Firs Farm Primary School£7,422
#37Lavender Primary School£7,412
#38Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School£7,383
#39Galliard Primary School£7,361
#40Eastfield Primary School£7,340
#41One Degree Academy£7,319
#42Brettenham Primary School£7,283
#43St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)£7,236
#44Hazelbury Primary School£7,160
#45St George's Catholic Primary School£7,139
#46Forty Hill CofE Primary School£7,088
#47Highfield Primary School£7,084
#48Hadley Wood Primary School£6,946
#49St Monica's RC Primary School£6,826
#50St Andrew's CofE Primary School£6,766
#51Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy£6,726
#52St Michael's CofE Primary School£6,701
#53Worcesters Primary School£6,687
#54Grange Park Primary School£6,533
#55Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy£6,460
#56St Paul's CofE Primary School£6,442
#57Merryhills Primary School£6,367
#58Walker Primary School£6,323
#59De Bohun Primary School£5,758
#60Eversley Primary School£493

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