Meridian Angel Primary School

About Meridian Angel Primary School

Meridian Angel Primary School in Enfield has turned a corner. Its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2023 awarded an overall rating of Good, a clear step up from the Requires Improvement it received in November 2019. Every category inspected — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership, and early years provision — was rated Good. That’s a solid foundation, but the most telling academic metric is the school’s Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard. Here, 67% of pupils met the benchmark, which is exactly in line with the Enfield local authority average of 67%. Given that nearly half of the school’s 156 pupils (48.1%) are eligible for free school meals, this is a respectable result that suggests the school is supporting its cohort effectively.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 KS2 results, the picture is mixed but shows real strengths in maths. A strong 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 103. Reading was weaker, with 67% at the expected standard and an average score of 100, while writing saw 78% hitting the expected mark. Only 11% of pupils achieved a higher standard in reading, and none did so in maths or writing. Nationally, the school ranks in the 37th percentile for its combined expected standard score, and within Enfield it sits 30th out of 59 primary schools. That places it in the top half of the local authority, though some distance behind the top performers like Hadley Wood Primary School, which scored 89 on the same metric.

The school is a Church of England primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, led by headteacher Lawrence Desouza. It is significantly undersubscribed relative to its capacity of 420, with just 156 pupils on roll, yet it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 admissions: 19 first-preference applications for 19 places, with 43 total applications. Facilities are generous for a school its size, including a forest school, sports hall, gymnasium, sensory room, chapel, and art studios. SEND support covers dyslexia, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health. Clubs range from choir and art to coding and gardening, and sports include netball, tennis, football and swimming. This is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and delivers solid core results, particularly in maths, while offering a broad range of enrichment for a relatively small pupil body.

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