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Deansbrook Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Hale Drive, Mill Hill, London NW7 3ED · deansbrookinfants.co.uk · 020 8959 2152
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- 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
- 212
- 79% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.5%
- First language not English
- 62.7%
- 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, 33 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 37 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 44 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Deansbrook Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 49
- 22% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied