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Pardes House Primary School
Primary · Boys · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
Hendon Lane, London N3 1SA · pardeshouseprimary.com · 020 8343 3568
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barnet 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.35 mi
- 2.18 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Other Orthodox Jewish Children Within 2.5m · Barnet Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 359
- 100% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 2.5%
- First language not English
- 37.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Other Orthodox Jewish Children Within 2.5m” went to a home 1.35 mi (2.18 km) from the school. Source: Barnet Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 52 places were offered; 93% 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 | 52 | 56 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 52 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 53 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 59 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 52 | 1▲ | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.35 mi2.18 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.81 mi2.92 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Pardes House Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 100%
- Replies
- 77
- 22% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (5%) whose child was bullied
based on 12 parents (16%) with SEND