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Queenswell Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Sweets Way, Whetstone, London N20 0NQ · fsfed.org · 020 8445 0524
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 183
- 68% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.7%
- First language not English
- 71%
- 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, 25 families put the school first and 39 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 | 39 | 25 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 25 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 30 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jun 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 26
- 12% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied