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Childs Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Dersingham Road, Cricklewood, London NW2 1SL · childshill.barnet.sch.uk · 020 8452 4531
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 407
- 62 over 345 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- First language not English
- 87%
- 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, 22 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 22 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 42 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% 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 | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101265)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 10 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Childs Hill Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101265), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101265)
Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101265)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 86
- 18% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (22%) with SEND