St Ann's CE Primary School

About St Ann's CE Primary School

St Ann's CE Primary School is a Church of England state primary in Haringey, and the numbers suggest it is a school that local families are keen to get into. For the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 58 applications for just 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.93. Of those, 24 first-preference families were offered a spot, meaning that even among those who put it top of their list, demand outstripped supply. That level of competition is a strong signal from the parent community. The school does not publish a formal parent satisfaction survey, but the fact that it is oversubscribed year-on-year tells its own story about its reputation locally. With 199 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, it is running close to full, and the 44.1 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals points to a genuinely mixed catchment that serves a broad range of families.

Academically, the picture is more mixed. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 48 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is well below the Haringey local authority average of 69 per cent. The school ranks 47th out of 51 primary schools in the borough on this measure, placing it in the bottom half nationally. However, the individual subject scores tell a slightly more nuanced story: 61 per cent hit the expected standard in reading and 52 per cent in both maths and writing, with average scaled scores of 100 in reading and 99 in maths. Only 4 per cent reached the higher standard across all three subjects. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2023, rated it Good overall, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. All five graded categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — were judged Good.

The school offers a decent range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a library, music rooms, a gymnasium, playing fields and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, tennis, athletics, cross country, netball and swimming, while clubs extend to coding, gardening, book club, art club, science club and eco club. For families with children who have additional needs, the SEND register covers moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health, physical disability and other difficulties. The school has nursery provision for younger children but no sixth form. Given its oversubscribed status and the recent Ofsted upgrade, St Ann's is likely to suit families who value a faith-based community school in a diverse urban setting, though those prioritising top-tier academic outcomes may want to look at higher-performing local options such as Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane, 0.6 km away.

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