Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School

About Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School holds an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its most recent ungraded inspection in 2024, which confirmed the school remains Outstanding. This places it among 18 outstanding primary schools in Haringey out of 63 total. The most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 69% did so in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure matches the Haringey local authority average exactly, suggesting the school delivers solid, typical outcomes for the borough. However, the school’s ranking within Haringey sits at 30th out of 51 primaries on this metric, which places it in the middle of the pack locally. Nationally, it ranks in the 35th percentile among all primaries. So while the Ofsted rating is top-tier, the headline attainment figure is more modest — a reminder that Outstanding inspections consider broader factors beyond raw test scores.

Looking deeper at the KS2 results, the school performs well above the national average in reading and maths average scores, both at 108. In reading, 45% of pupils achieved the higher standard, compared to 37% in maths and 27% in writing. The proportion reaching the expected standard in maths alone was 86%, with reading at 80% and writing at 76%. These figures show particular strength in maths and reading, while writing lags slightly behind. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school’s ranking score of 69 on the KS2 reading, writing and maths expected measure places it in the top 50% nationally, but it is outperformed by nearby primaries such as Lift Trinity and Rhodes Avenue Primary School, which score 93 and 91 respectively.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 60 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 195 applications, a ratio of 3.25 applicants per place. Of 45 first-preference applicants, 44 received offers, meaning almost all who put it first got in. Facilities include an ICT suite, sports hall, art studios, gymnasium, playing fields, music rooms, a forest school, library and chapel. Sports on offer include football, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, rounders and tennis, while clubs range from coding and science club to choir, book club, drama and gardening. The school has a nursery provision and supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This is a Catholic primary that suits families seeking a faith-based education with strong facilities and a broad extracurricular offer, though those prioritising top academic rankings locally may want to compare with higher-scoring peers.

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