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Brimsdown Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Green Street, Enfield EN3 7NA · brimsdown.enfield.sch.uk · 020 8804 6797
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Enfield 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Enfield Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 451
- 65% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 53%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ivy Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Enfield Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | 0.50 mi0.81 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Enfield it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135535)
Ofsted
Brimsdown Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 15
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied