Alma Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Enfield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Enfield Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alma Primary School is a primary school in Enfield for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Alma 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 50 of the 58 other Enfield primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 42 Reception offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 6% 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
- Alma Road, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4UQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff reflect the school’s values in all aspects of life in school.”
- “They work and play together cheerfully.”
- “They feel proud to take on responsibilities in the school community, wearing different coloured sweatshirts to indicate their roles.”
To improve
- “Leaders are developing teachers’ subject knowledge where it is less strong so that all staff anticipate common errors to support swift improvement of pupils’ understanding and skills.”
- “In a very few cases, subject leadership is in its early stages so that the precise content and the order in which it should be taught and staff training opportunities are continuing to be developed.”
- “Although pupils learn to decode words accurately, they do not spend regular time on reading practice to ensure that they all become fluent and confident readers who are ready for secondary school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 42 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Southbury Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brimsdown Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Delta Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published