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Saracens Bell Lane
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Bell Lane, Hendon, London NW4 2AS · saracensbl.org · 020 8203 3115
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 39%
- 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
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 394
- 83% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.6%
- First language not English
- 77.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Saracens Education
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, 24 families put the school first and 40 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 | 40 | 24 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 30 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 33 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼39% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101259)
Ofsted
Saracens Bell Lane was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 13 October 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 13 Oct 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101259)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101259), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101259)
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101259)