Highfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Enfield
Highfield Road, London, N21 3HE
76
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.1%
12.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
672
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
690 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
82 of 100 families who put it first got an offer
88
Places offered
326
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 100 | 82 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 95 | 6 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 59 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 72 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 326 | 88 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Enfield lets families list 6 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Last distance offered
From Enfield council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.
September 2025 entry
1.09 km
Furthest child offered under "Distance"
333 applications · 90 places
Places given by distance after priority groups; 25 refused.
Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephanie Morton
- Address
- Highfield Road, London, N21 3HE
- Phone
- 02083602149
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Ward / constituency
- Highfield · Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 132203
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 20% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 29% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
672 pupils · 690 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 April 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 558 pupils
Attendance
95.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
12.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 19% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 76% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 26% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1.1 km — based on the last distance offered, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Enfield council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.