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Watling Park School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Pavilion Way, Burnt Oak, Barnet HA8 9YA · watlingparkschool.org.uk · 020 8353 4249
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 400
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 50.2%
- First language not English
- 85.3%
- 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, 39 families put the school first and 43 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 | 43 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●106 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Watling Park School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (113 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 113
- 30% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied