Primary school

Merryhills Primary School

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  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Enfield
  • EN2 7RE

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 331 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 3%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 29%29%2016/17: top 38%2017/18: top 36%2018/19: top 12%2022/23: top 5%2023/24: top 3%3% · 2023/242024/25: top 3%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM90% · London 72%10/10 Top 10%+13.1 pts
Higher standard, RWM30% · London 12%10/10 Top 10%
Reading score111 · London 10710/10 Top 10%+14.5 pts
Maths score110 · London 1079/10 Top 20%+5.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 65% · 62 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 68% · 90 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 72% · 90 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 83% · 89 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 84% · 90 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 89% · 88 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 90% · 89 pupils · London 72%90%65%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 8% · 62 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 14% · 90 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 20% · 90 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 27% · 89 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 23% · 90 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 24% · 88 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 30% · 89 pupils · London 12%30%8%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 62 pupils · London 1032016/17: 105 · 90 pupils · London 1052017/18: 106 · 90 pupils · London 1062018/19: 108 · 89 pupils · London 1062022/23: 109 · 90 pupils · London 1062023/24: 109 · 88 pupils · London 1072024/25: 111 · 89 pupils · London 107111103No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 105 · 62 pupils · London 1042016/17: 105 · 90 pupils · London 1062017/18: 107 · 90 pupils · London 1062018/19: 109 · 89 pupils · London 1072022/23: 109 · 90 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 88 pupils · London 1062024/25: 110 · 89 pupils · London 107110105No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
72 of 72 who put it first2014 · 92.3%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7272
2nd968
3rd703
Last distance offered
  • 2025/262.0 km
  • 2024/251.5 km
  • 2023/241.4 km
  • 2022/231.9 km
  • 2021/223.0 km
  • 2020/211.4 km
  • 2019/201.2 km

Inspections · 2005–2018

  1. 2005Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 2 points to improve · inspected as predecessor

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected Mar 2014 (inspected as predecessor)

Strengths

  • “This is a good school.”
  • “After a decline in standards in 2012, pupils now achieve well.”
  • “In 2013 they made very good progress in writing and mathematics and standards were particularly high.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026618
Free school meals (past 6 years)10.3%
First language not English13.0%
SEN support7.3%
EHC plan3.7%
Absence (sessions missed)4.5%
Persistently absent pupils9.7%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

98.1% full · 630 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.7
Pupils per adult11.4
  • Classroom teachers 26.4
  • Leadership 3.4
  • Teaching assistants 24.4
  • Other support 0

Teachers 29.8 FTE · Whole workforce 54.2 · 80 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,612
Spend per pupil£6,367
Staff spend per pupil£4,871
Reserve per pupil£256
  • +£159,000revenue reserve
  • +£152,000in-year balance

Grants £6,238 · self-generated £374 · premises £317 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ATTIGO ACADEMY TRUST (5 academies) · trust reserve £2,049,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it