Best primary schools in Barnet
84 of 107 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Barnet schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.
- 87 of 107 rated Good or Outstanding
- 21 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 75.0% (best 97.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtland School London | 97.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 2 | Menorah Foundation School EDGWARE | 96.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 3 | Deansbrook Junior School London | 95.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 4 | Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School London | 93.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 5 | St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge London | 93.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 6 | Menorah Primary School for Boys London | 91.0% | — | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 7 | Hasmonean Primary School London hidden gem | 90.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 8 | Menorah Primary School for Girls London | 90.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 9 | Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School London | 88.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 10 | Monken Hadley CofE Primary School Barnet | 88.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 11 | Monkfrith Primary School London | 88.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 12 | St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School London | 87.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 13 | St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7 London hidden gem | 87.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 14 | Akiva School London | 86.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 15 | Chalgrove Primary School London | 86.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 16 | St Catherine's RC School Barnet | 85.0% | Good | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 17 | Woodcroft Primary School EDGWARE | 85.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 18 | Foulds School Barnet | 84.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | Independent Jewish Day School LONDON | 83.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School London | 83.0% | Good declining | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 21 | Brookland Junior School London | 82.0% | Good declining | — | approximate |
| 22 | St Agnes' Catholic Primary School London | 82.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 23 | St Mary's CofE Primary School London | 82.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 24 | Goldbeaters Primary School Edgware | 81.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 25 | Moss Hall Junior School London | 81.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 26 | Ashmole Primary School London | 80.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 27 | Rimon Jewish Primary School London | 80.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 28 | Sunnyfields Primary School London | 80.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 29 | Woodridge Primary School London | 79.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 30 | Alma Primary London hidden gem | 78.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 31 | All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N20 London hidden gem | 77.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 32 | Beit Shvidler Primary School Edgware | 77.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 33 | Christ Church Primary School Barnet | 77.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 34 | Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School London | 77.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 35 | St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet Barnet | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 36 | The Orion Primary School London | 77.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 37 | Whitings Hill Primary School Barnet | 77.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 38 | Barnfield Primary School Edgware | 76.0% | Good declining | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 39 | Holy Trinity CofE Primary School London | 76.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 40 | Saracens Broadfields Edgware | 76.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 41 | The Hyde School London | 76.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 42 | Garden Suburb Junior School London | 75.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 43 | Rosh Pinah Primary School Edgware | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 44 | Beis Yaakov Primary School London | 74.0% | Good | about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 45 | Shalom Noam Primary School Edgware | 74.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 46 | Church Hill School Barnet hidden gem | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.48 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 47 | Manorside Primary School London | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 48 | Martin Primary School London | 73.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 49 | Hollickwood Primary School London | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 50 | The Annunciation RC Junior School Edgware | 71.0% | Outstanding | — | approximate |
| 51 | Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School London | 70.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 52 | Edgware Primary School Edgware | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 53 | Livingstone Primary and Nursery School Barnet | 69.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 2.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 54 | St Theresa's Catholic Primary School London | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 55 | Summerside Primary Academy London hidden gem | 69.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 56 | Trent CofE Primary School Barnet | 69.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 57 | Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School London | 68.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 58 | Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre London | 68.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 59 | Frith Manor Primary School London | 68.0% | Good declining | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 60 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London | 68.0% | Good | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 61 | Underhill School Barnet | 68.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 62 | Our Lady of Lourdes RC School London | 66.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 63 | Tudor Primary School London | 64.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 64 | Cromer Road Primary School Barnet hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 65 | Queenswell Junior School London | 63.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 66 | St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School London | 63.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 67 | St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 London | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 68 | Wessex Gardens Primary School London | 63.0% | Not judged declining | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 69 | Pardes House Primary School London | 62.0% | Good | about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 70 | Colindale Primary School London | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 71 | Dollis Primary School London | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 72 | Osidge Primary School London hidden gem | 58.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 73 | Northside Primary School London | 57.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 74 | Childs Hill Primary School London | 56.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 75 | St Vincent's Catholic Primary School London | 56.0% | Good declining | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 76 | All Saints' CofE Primary School NW2 London | 55.0% | Not judged | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 77 | Danegrove Primary School Barnet | 55.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 78 | Watling Park School Barnet | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 79 | Parkfield Primary School London | 51.0% | Good | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 80 | Holly Park Primary School London | 49.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 81 | Claremont Primary School London | 48.0% | Good | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 82 | Millbrook Park Primary School London | 44.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 83 | Coppetts Wood Primary School London | 43.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 84 | Saracens Bell Lane London | 39.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
Also in Barnet
23 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Barnet, not a fairer one.
- Annemount School
- Ateres Beis Yaakov Ofsted: Good
- Barnet Hill Academy Ofsted: Good
- Beis Soroh Schneirer Ofsted: Good
- Brookland Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Deansbrook Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Edgware Jewish Girls - Beis Chinuch Ofsted: Good
- Finchley and Acton Yochien School Ofsted: Good
- Garden Suburb Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Goodwyn School
- Hendon Preparatory School
- Holland House School
- Ivy House School
- Kerem School
- Lyonsdown School
- Moss Hall Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Nancy Reuben Primary School
- Peninim Ofsted: Good
- Queenswell Infant & Nursery School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- St Martin's School
- Tashbar of Edgware Ofsted: Good
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Torah Vodaas Ofsted: Requires improvement
Applying in Barnet
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Test date qe 2026-09-16 · 2027 entry Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet entrance test (16 or 17 September 2026; Maths + English)
- Selective test results released 2026-10-01 · 2027 entry QE Barnet results by 1 October 2026; Henrietta Barnett results October 2026
- Test date hbs round2 2026-10-05 · 2027 entry Henrietta Barnett School Round 2 exam (top 300 from Round 1; English + Maths)
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Common Application Form deadline
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry National Offer Day
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