Bowes Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · London, Enfield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.539 miles
Published by Enfield Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bowes Primary School is a primary school in London, Enfield for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bowes Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.539 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.539 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 8 Enfield primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2021, and the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 66 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 54 offers going to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Enfield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bowes Road, New Southgate, London, N11 2HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 464 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is a very happy and purposeful school.”
- “It wholly succeeds in its ambition to nurture all pupils’ hearts and minds.”
- “Everyone lives up to the school’s core values of resilience, respect and responsibility.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 87% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 66 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Enfield.
- Garfield Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Monica's RC Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walker Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tottenhall Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Hazelwood Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hazelwood Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged