Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This is a caring school where children thrive in a warm, family-like community. Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics, with particularly strong early years provision that prepares children excellently for Year 1. The school excels at building confident, kind, respectful young people who understand equality, diversity and their responsibility to help others.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional early years provision with meticulous curriculum design and strong focus on communication and language skills
- Excellent behaviour and a friendly, caring atmosphere throughout the school with pupils showing kindness and respect
- Strong personal, social and health education curriculum building character and British values
- Effective safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and know staff they can trust
- Inclusive approach with good support for pupils with special educational needs
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils do not develop depth of knowledge as well as they could, reflected in lower proportions achieving greater depth in national tests
- In some wider curriculum subjects, learning activities do not develop pupils' knowledge and skills sufficiently
- Pupils who complete tasks quickly are not consistently given opportunities to deepen their learning
- Support for pupils with barriers to learning (other than SEND) is sometimes not effective enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
School council, reading buddy scheme, first aid workshops, visitors from emergency services, international day, carol singing at care home and dementia sufferers group, breakfast club, trips, parent talks about jobs
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a warm and nurturing Catholic primary school where pupils have a strong sense of belonging and feel safe. The school maintains high standards across early years provision, personal development, and core academics, with pupils typically achieving above national averages.
At a Glance
22.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 78% to 97%. Maths has remained stable at around 88%. Writing has improved from 81% to 97%.
Class Sizes
22.9
Avg class size
21.3
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
7
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
84%
Available places
202 pupils
240 capacity
38 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Enfield
Places available
3,990
Applications
3,309
Got 1st preference
95.2%
Got preferred school
99.7%
Primary admissions across Enfield (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.15036%
Overall absence
15.75758%
Persistent absence
165
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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