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Garden Suburb Infant School

Primary · London · NW11 6XU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 13 July 2023

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At a glance

173 pupils · 96% of 180 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
84% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.gardensuburbschools.co.uk
URN
101282

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.70 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.70 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2015 entry)

Living in defined area
0.77 miles

2015 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 27% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 20% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · White British 17% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 0.85 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £65,092; 21.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,452
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 19% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 17% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£440,170; in-year balance -£211,918

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier34.3%62.3%
Social housing6.5%17.1%
Privately rented59.2%20.5%
Detached houses0.4%22.9%
Flats83.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van50.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000211 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£960,000413 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£620,000–£1,350,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (61)£1,690,000
Semi-detached (168)£1,162,500
Terraced (70)£902,500
Flat (114)£500,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
63an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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