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St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school in London, N4 4RR, taking ages 3 to 11, 217 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Sep 2024
0.25 mi Admitted from, latest published year
90% Full
54.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.25 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.77 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024.

St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School: 0.77 miles, 2024 Rokesly Infant & Nursery School: 0.32 miles, published by Haringey

Draw the circle for a published year

4 years published by Haringey, newest first. The figure at the top of this page is the newest of them.

This is not a catchment area. 0.25 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

Source: Haringey, published admission distances

Where St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School and Rokesly Infant & Nursery School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Rokesly Infant & Nursery School admitted from 0.32 miles in the latest published year, published by Haringey. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.77 and 0.32 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Haringey, 3 of 65 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (4.6%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Stroud Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.35 mi 0.4 mi
Weston Park Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.26 mi 0.4 mi
South Harringay Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.29 mi 0.5 mi
Ashmount Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.28 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
Coleridge Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.47 mi 0.7 mi
Rokesly Infant & Nursery School Both in reach Primary 0.32 mi 0.7 mi

The distance as a picture

St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School catchment area map: the 0.25 mile admission distance
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 217 pupils in 240 places (90% full)
Local authorityHaringey

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 12 September 2024
Meeting the expected standard 54.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 54.0%
2023/24 70.0%
2022/23 78.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Girls and boys43.8% girls, 56.2% boys
English as an additional language18.0% of pupils
Free school meals15.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Ossian Road, 0.1 mi away, with 10.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:04, last 23:54.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Ossian Road0.1 mi9.97.05.9W3
Oakfield Road Stroud Green0.1 mi5.23.23.0W5
Stapleton Hall Road0.1 mi9.75.56.0W5

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 0.25 miles away, per Haringey.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.25 miles was enough in the latest published year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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