School admissions in Barnet
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
14 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingstone Primary and Nursery School | 2.39 | 28 | not published |
| Monken Hadley CofE Primary School | 1.65 | 20 | not published |
| Hadley Wood Primary School | 1.21 | 28 | 1.757 miles |
| Foulds School | 1.20 | 44 | not published |
| Whitings Hill Primary School | 1.18 | 60 | not published |
| Trent CofE Primary School | 1.07 | 30 | not published |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet | 1.03 | 29 | not published |
| St Catherine's RC School | 1.02 | 60 | not published |
| Watling Park School | 0.91 | 43 | not published |
| Underhill School | 0.83 | 30 | not published |
| Danegrove Primary School | 0.81 | 58 | not published |
| Christ Church Primary School | 0.67 | 24 | not published |
| Cromer Road Primary School | 0.59 | 58 | not published |
| Church Hill School | 0.48 | 21 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | 2.25 | 192 | not published |
| East Barnet School | 1.06 | 200 | 0.769 miles |
| Ark Pioneer Academy | 0.98 | 170 | 1.132 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | 0.72 | 204 | 4.263 miles |
| Southgate School | 0.44 | 240 | 3.153 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.