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Bowes Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 464Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143201URN

Bowes Road, New Southgate, London, N11 2HL · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Delta Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.0 above Enfield median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Enfield

209 applications for 60 places · 10th of 59 in Enfield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
87%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.5applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Enfield median (2.5) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

209 applications · 60 places offered · 66 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Enfield median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.9; Enfield median median 2.4
  3. 2024 3.7; Enfield median median 2.5
  4. 2023 3.1; Enfield median median 2.5
  5. 2022 3.5; Enfield median median 2.4
  6. 2021 4.0; Enfield median median 2.4
  7. 2020 4.1; Enfield median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.9; Enfield median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.9; Enfield median median 2.7
  10. 2017 4.2; Enfield median median 2.9
  11. 2016 4.6; Enfield median median 3.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 5.6; Enfield median median 2.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 5.4; Enfield median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Enfield median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Enfield median

Dashed bars: as Bowes Primary School (URN 102021), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026602093.5661.10
Sep 2025561622.9510.91
Sep 2024592173.7621.05
Sep 2023601883.1631.05
Sep 2022592043.5651.10
Sep 2021602424.0661.10
Sep 2020602474.1771.28
Sep 2019592303.9641.08
Sep 2018602353.9701.17
Sep 2017602504.2741.23
Sep 2016 *602774.6741.23
Sep 2015 *603335.6981.63
Sep 2014 *603245.41041.73

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 87% · Maths 87% → all three 87% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard87%8th of 60 in Enfield
Reading
Expected standard90%
Higher standard62%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard87%
Greater depth25%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Enfield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2587%20%110108
2023/2472%3%107103
2022/2376%14%109108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143201 · 308/2081
Trust
Connect Education Trust
Capacity
510 pupils · 464 on roll
Free school meals
17.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
Bowes Primary School (URN 102021)
Address
Bowes Road, New Southgate, London, N11 2HL
Local authority
Enfield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources