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Muswell Hill Primary School

Community school in London, N10 3ST, taking ages 4 to 11, 419 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Apr 2026
0.52 mi Admitted from, latest published year
100% Full
85.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.52 miles away.

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

The circle is 0.53 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025.

Draw the circle for a published year

5 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. 0.52 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 Muswell Hill 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 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside it; each opens the district's guide.

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

Source: Haringey, published admission distances

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

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 Muswell Hill Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Fortismere School Both in reach Secondary 1.88 mi 0.5 mi
Tetherdown Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.54 mi 0.6 mi
Alexandra Park School Both in reach Secondary 0.52 mi 0.7 mi
Coldfall Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.59 mi 0.7 mi
Rhodes Avenue Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.46 mi 0.7 mi
Campsbourne Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.54 mi 0.8 mi

The distance as a picture

Muswell Hill Primary School catchment area map: the 0.52 mile admission distance and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 419 pupils in 420 places (100% full)
Local authorityHaringey

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, April 2026: 7 areas strong or exceptional
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Strong standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
  • Achievement Strong standard
  • Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
  • Early years Strong standard
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Strong standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Meeting the expected standard 85.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 85.0%
2023/24 76.0%
2022/23 92.0%

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

Who goes to Muswell Hill Primary School

Girls and boys47.0% girls, 53.0% boys
English as an additional language58.9% of pupils
Free school meals11.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Muswell Hill Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.52 miles: N10, median £530,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
N10 Haringey 0.3 mi £530,000 114 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.52 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Muswell Hill Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Muswell Hill, 0.1 mi away, with 27.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:19, last 00:19.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Muswell Hill Primary School117 yd16.212.013.0W7, 144
Muswell Hill Broadway0.1 mi16.212.013.0W7, 144
Grosvenor Gardens (N10)0.1 mi16.212.013.0W7, 144

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

Weighing Muswell Hill Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around N10: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at N10 3ST, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Muswell Hill Primary School?

Muswell Hill 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 0.52 miles away, per Haringey.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Muswell Hill Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.52 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 100% full the school has little slack. 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 Muswell Hill Primary School guarantee a place?

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

Every Haringey school's distance

All Haringey schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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