St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Aidan's creates an outstanding learning environment where all pupils thrive and make excellent progress. Teachers have high expectations, set inspiring work, and provide strong pastoral care. The school excels at supporting all learners, including disabled pupils and those with special needs, ensuring they achieve equally well as their peers.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make excellent progress with attainment well above national averages by end of Year 6
- Outstanding teaching of phonics and consistently good or better teaching across all classes
- Exceptional pastoral care and safeguarding with outstanding behaviour and positive school ethos
- Strong leadership providing clear direction and supporting staff development
- Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs make the same progress as their peers through effective support
Areas for Improvement
- Use assessment data more effectively to plan lessons and challenge all pupils
- Give pupils more time in lessons to reflect on what they have learnt and what they need to do to improve
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and child protection procedures are rigorous and meet requirements, with all pupils feeling safe and knowing whom to talk to with concerns.
Extracurricular Activities
School visits to local museums and galleries, drumming club, girls' football, after-school clubs, competitive sports including football, athletics and cross country running, poetry in performance project with Greig City Academy, Arsenal Football Club literacy links, breakfast club
St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School is an outstanding school with strong leadership and consistently high-quality teaching. Pupils make excellent progress, with attainment in reading, writing and mathematics well above national averages.
At a Glance
16.7%
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 81% to 86%. Maths has declined from 85% to 71%. Writing has declined from 78% to 61%.
Class Sizes
26.9
Avg class size
27.7
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
90%
Near capacity
217 pupils
240 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Haringey
Places available
2,910
Applications
2,348
Got 1st preference
84.9%
Got preferred school
96.8%
Primary admissions across Haringey (2025/26)
Inspection History(106)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.35956%
Overall absence
16.39344%
Persistent absence
183
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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