Houndsfield Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 0–11 · London, 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 🔒
Houndsfield Primary School is a primary school in London, Enfield for ages 0–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Houndsfield 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 50 of the 58 other Enfield primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 51 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% 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
- Ripon Road, Edmonton, London, N9 7RE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 0–11
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 496 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Houndsfield Primary school feel happy and are kept safe.”
- “This is because they trust their teachers and learn to respect one another.”
- “Pupils understand and embody the school rules and values.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent.”
- “Some teaching does not give sufficient opportunity for pupils to develop their language and vocabulary use.”
- “This means that some pupils do not develop as deep an understanding in different subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 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) | 63% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 51 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.
- Galliard Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Eldon Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Delta Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchfield Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Raglan Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Raglan Infant School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published