St Matthew's CofE Primary School

About St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Parents at St Matthew’s CofE Primary School are overwhelmingly positive, with 81% of respondents to the Ofsted Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school. The survey, which ran between September 2024 and September 2025 and collected 26 responses, shows particularly strong satisfaction around happiness and safety: 92% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and the same proportion felt their child is safe. The school is clearly popular locally too. For the 2025/26 academic year, St Matthew’s received 38 applications for just 12 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.17. All 12 first-preference applicants were offered a place, but the numbers suggest families should definitely put it top of their list to stand a chance. Parents also feel the school has high expectations — 92% agreed or strongly agreed with that statement — and 93% felt their child does well there.

Academically, St Matthew’s performs solidly against both local and national benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That’s just above the Enfield local authority average of 67%, placing the school 28th out of 59 primary schools in the borough — comfortably in the top half. The school’s strongest individual result was in writing, where 86% of pupils met the expected standard, and 11% reached the higher standard. In maths, 71% hit the expected level and 43% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 107. Reading was slightly lower, with 71% at expected and 25% at the higher standard, and an average score of 105. Nationally, St Matthew’s ranks in the 36th percentile for expected standard attainment, which is a respectable mid-table position. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2023 rated it Good across all five categories, including behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management.

St Matthew’s is a Church of England primary school in Enfield, with a nursery provision for children aged three and above. It has capacity for 210 pupils but currently enrols 193, so there is a little breathing room, though the oversubscription figures suggest demand is high. The school serves a diverse community, with 44.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals. Facilities are strong for a primary of this size, including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, an ICT suite, art studios, a forest school and a chapel. There’s a good range of clubs — choir, drama, art, gardening, book club and film club — and sports include tennis, netball, gymnastics and football. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication needs, and physical disabilities, though the Parent View data on SEND support was not answered by any respondents. This is a school that suits families who value a strong community feel, a clear Church of England ethos, and a solid, above-average academic record in a popular London borough.

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