St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)

About St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)

St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE) is a Church of England state primary in the London borough of Enfield, where it sits 20th out of 59 primary schools on the key stage 2 expected standard measure. That puts it comfortably in the top third of its local authority, though it is outranked by three nearby peers: Hadley Wood Primary School, St Paul's CofE Primary School and One Degree Academy. The school is led by headteacher Stamatia Pitsillides and has 198 pupils on roll, close to its capacity of 210. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in September 2024, did not assign an overall effectiveness grade but awarded Outstanding marks for personal development and for behaviour and attitudes, with Good ratings for quality of education, early years provision and leadership and management. That represents an improvement on the previous graded inspection in 2016, which rated early years provision as Requires Improvement.

Academically, St Andrew's performs above the Enfield average. In the 2023/24 key stage 2 assessments, 73 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 67 per cent. Reading and maths average scores were 106 and 108 respectively, and 87 per cent met the expected standard in maths specifically. At the higher standard, 17 per cent achieved the combined measure, with 40 per cent hitting the higher bar in maths. The school ranks 661st in London out of 1,592 primaries and 3,195th nationally out of 13,686, placing it in the top quarter of schools across the country. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds beyond these attainment figures.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 82 applications for 27 places, a ratio of over three to one, and all 24 first-preference applicants were offered a place. Facilities include a sports hall, art studios, an ICT suite, a chapel and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer range from gymnastics and swimming to netball and cross country, and clubs include science, coding and film club. SEND support covers specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health. Parent View responses from 76 families were overwhelmingly positive: 98 per cent would recommend the school, and 98 per cent agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy there. However, on SEND support specifically, 40 per cent of the small number of respondents disagreed that their child receives the help they need, which is worth noting for families with children who have additional needs.

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