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Barnfield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Silkstream Road, Edgware HA8 0DA · barnfieldschool.co.uk · 020 8952 6026
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barnet 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 459
- 11 over 448 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- First language not English
- 78.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Barnet Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 50 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.38 mi0.62 km | |
The council's table shows every applicant, inside and outside the defined area, as offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Barnet it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Barnfield Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2020Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding May 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 51
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (27%) with SEND