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Christ Church Primary School

Primary · Barnet · EN5 4NS

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 October 2022

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At a glance

217 pupils · 92% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
12.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
56.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.christchurch.barnet.sch.uk
URN
101316

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 24 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 4 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.67 first-choice applications per place

24 places offered · 16 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

place
1.089 miles

2025 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
30%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 103 miles awayGood67%
Trent CofE Primary SchoolBarnet · 3 miles awayOutstanding69%
Bowsland Green Primary SchoolBristol · 101 miles awayGood63%
St George's Catholic SchoolTaunton · 132 miles awayGood63%
St John the Baptist Church of England Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · 17 miles awayGood75%
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary SchoolOxford · 46 miles awayExpected standard79%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, KidlingtonKidlington · 47 miles awayOutstanding81%
Lanchester Primary SchoolWatford · 8 miles awayGood (2019)73%
The Spinney Primary SchoolCambridge · 40 miles awayExpected standard69%
Brindishe Lee SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayGood79%
St Meryl SchoolWatford · 7 miles awayExpected standard57%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, OxfordOxford · 43 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 37% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 9% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Black African 8% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 6% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.47 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

41.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £56,310; 16.7% 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£8,272
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £173,195; in-year balance -£124,257

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.8%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented11.1%20.5%
Detached houses28.8%22.9%
Flats17.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000249 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£584,000261 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£850,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£1,100,000
Semi-detached (58)£867,000
Terraced (57)£660,000
Flat (115)£392,500

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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