Prince of Wales Primary School
Salisbury Road, Enfield, EN3 6HG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jan Bless
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Enfield North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 506
- URN
- 102002
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992762840
About this school
Prince of Wales Primary School is a community primary school in Enfield. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 506 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 67 | 72 | 78 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 60% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 75% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 79% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 78% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Prince of Wales Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Enfield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 59.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 65.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 579 |
| 2023/24 | 595 |
| 2024/25 | 552 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Prince of Wales Primary School compares
Prince of Wales Primary School ranked 57th of 64 primary schools in Enfield for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 6.9% | 50.4% | 506 | — |
| Chesterfield Primary School | 66% | 7% | 54.4% | 467 | 0.4 miles |
| Keys Meadow Primary School | 63% | 6.5% | 38.9% | 377 | 0.5 miles |
| Eastfield Primary School | 75% | 5.1% | 49.3% | 417 | 0.7 miles |
| Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School | 64% | 4.2% | 33.7% | 220 | 0.7 miles |
| Enfield Heights Academy | 93% | 4.9% | 51.8% | 200 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.39%
- English as an additional language
- 58%
- Overall absence
- 6.88%
- Persistent absence
- 21.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chesterfield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Enfield
-
Keys Meadow Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Enfield
-
Eastfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Enfield
-
Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Enfield
-
Enfield Heights Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Enfield
Other schools in Enfield
Prince of Wales Primary School ranks 28th of the 31 ranked primary schools in Enfield.
- Alma Primary School Primary
- Brimsdown Primary School Primary
- Bush Hill Park Primary School Primary
- Capel Manor Primary School Primary
- Carterhatch Infant School Primary
- Carterhatch Junior School Primary
- Chase Side Primary School Primary
- Chesterfield Primary School Primary
- Delta Primary School Primary
- Eastfield Primary School Primary
- Enfield Heights Academy Primary
- Forty Hill CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Prince of Wales Primary School teach?
- Prince of Wales Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Enfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Prince of Wales Primary School?
- The headteacher of Prince of Wales Primary School is Mr Jan Bless, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Prince of Wales Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Prince of Wales Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Prince of Wales Primary School?
- Prince of Wales Primary School has 506 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Prince of Wales Primary School full?
- Prince of Wales Primary School has capacity for 690 pupils and 506 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Prince of Wales Primary School a faith school?
- No. Prince of Wales Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Prince of Wales Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Prince of Wales Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Prince of Wales Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Prince of Wales Primary School rank locally?
- Prince of Wales Primary School ranked 57th of 64 primary schools in Enfield for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Prince of Wales Primary School's absence rate?
- Prince of Wales Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Prince of Wales Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prince of Wales Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.