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Woodcroft Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Goldbeaters Grove, EDGWARE HA8 0QF · woodcroft.barnet.sch.uk · 020 8959 3244
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barnet 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.67 mi
- 1.08 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Children living outside the defined area · Barnet Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 398
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31%
- First language not English
- 59.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Children living outside the defined area” went to a home 0.67 mi (1.08 km) from the school. Source: Barnet Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 97% 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 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 27 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 21 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 33 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 19 | 0.4 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.67 mi1.08 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
The council's table shows every applicant, inside and outside the defined area, as offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 85% 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 | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodcroft Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 1 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 57
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied