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Alma Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Alma Road, Ponders End, Enfield EN3 4UQ · almaprimary.co.uk · 020 8804 3302
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 442
- 86% of 512 places
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 45.7%
- First language not English
- 73.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Attigo Academy 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, 42 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.66 mi1.06 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102012)
Ofsted
Alma Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102012), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102012)
Mar 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102012)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 39
- 8% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied