Galliard Primary School

About Galliard Primary School

Galliard Primary School in Enfield received an Outstanding rating in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a significant upgrade from its previous Good rating in 2014. The inspection awarded top marks across every category, including Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development, and Leadership and Management, with the Early Years provision also rated Outstanding. On the most informative exam metric available, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This figure sits just below the Enfield local authority average of 67% for the same measure. However, the school's performance in individual subjects tells a more nuanced story, with 75% of pupils reaching the expected standard in both reading and writing, and 67% in maths.

Looking deeper at the academic data, Galliard's pupils achieved average scaled scores of 105 in reading and 104 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. At the higher standard, 29% of pupils achieved above-expected scores in reading, 23% in maths, and 15% in writing, with 11% reaching the higher standard across all three subjects. The school ranks 39th out of 59 primary schools in Enfield based on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the top 50% nationally. While this ranking may seem modest, it's worth noting that Enfield has nine Outstanding primary schools in total, and Galliard is one of them. The school's Progress 8 scores are not available in the data, so it's not possible to measure how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

Galliard is a large, mixed-gender primary school with a nursery provision for children aged two to eleven, currently home to 706 pupils against a capacity of 810. The school is oversubscribed, receiving 162 applications for 79 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 74 first-preference offers made. A notable 43.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. The school offers an extensive range of facilities including a Forest School, music rooms, a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, and a chapel. Sports include rounders, swimming, cricket and netball, while clubs range from gardening and drama to choir, eco club and science club. For SEND, the school provides support for a wide range of needs including dyslexia, autism, speech and language difficulties, and physical disabilities, with a resourced provision on site. This is a school that suits families looking for an Outstanding-rated, inclusive community school with strong early years provision and a broad extracurricular offer.

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