Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, London

Primary
Voluntary aided school
Mixed
Roman Catholic
Ages 311

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~405m)Possible (~579m)Unlikely (~753m)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Gillian Hood
Pupils:202 / 240 capacity
LA:Enfield
Phone:02083610767
Address:The Limes Avenue, London, N11 1RD
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 months ago

Report card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)

Achievement
Expected Standard
Behaviour
Expected Standard
Personal Development
Strong Standard
Leadership
Expected Standard
Early Years
Strong Standard
Inspected 19 May 2026View full report
URN:102040
UKPRN:10071643
Diocese:Archdiocese of Westminster
Constituency:Southgate and Wood Green
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

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 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+19ppMaths-3ppWriting+16pp

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

Getting There

Train Stations

New Southgate Station (Entrance)
484m · 8 min walk
New Southgate Rail Station
497m · 8 min walk

Tube / Metro / Tram

Arnos Grove Station
203m · 3 min walk
Arnos Grove Underground Station
231m · 4 min walk

Bus Stops

Ravenscraig Road (Stop C)
72m · 1 min walk
Betstyle Road Arnos Grove (Stop S)
154m · 3 min walk
Arnos Grove Station (Stop U)
177m · 3 min walk
Betstyle Circus (Stop D)
262m · 4 min walk
Betstyle Road (Stop F)
388m · 6 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

84%

Available places

202 pupils

240 capacity

38 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - London

Low pressure
New homes approved:104,823
Projected new pupils:26,206

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London

Admissions Demand - Enfield

Low demand0.83x oversubscription

Places available

3,990

Applications

3,309

Got 1st preference

95.2%

Got preferred school

99.7%

Primary admissions across Enfield (2025/26)

Inspection History(7)

19 May 2026Report card
Achievement
Behaviour
Personal Development
Leadership
Early Years
19 October 2021
13 September 2016
Leadership & ManagementGood

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.15036%

Overall absence

15.75758%

Persistent absence

165

Enrolments

Authorised4.55169%
Unauthorised0.59868%
Persistent (10%+)15.75758%
Severe (50%+)0.60606%

Absence trend

3.19474%
18/19
1.80376%
20/21
4.4792%
21/22
5.17535%
22/23
5.42566%
23/24
5.15036%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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