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Alma Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Friern Barnet Lane, Whetstone, London N20 0LP · almaprimary.org · 020 8343 9988
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- 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
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 185
- 88% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Alma Primary
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, 13 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 13 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 21 | 13 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 18 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 70% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●106 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Alma Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
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 (104 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 104
- 52% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (20%) with SEND