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Monken Hadley CofE Primary School

Primary · Barnet · EN4 0NJ

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 February 2023

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At a glance

147 pupils · 98% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
24.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.monkenhadley.barnet.sch.uk/
URN
101318

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.65 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 Outstanding on 28 February 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.65 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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 (2024 entry)

Children Within 2 Miles & Worship At Holy Trinity Church
1.312 miles

2024 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
25%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
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 school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
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 Pauls CofE VA Primary SchoolCambridge · 39 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Wellington Eagles Primary AcademyAndover · 68 miles awayRequires improvement43%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 156 miles awayGood72%
Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary SchoolSalisbury · 75 miles awayExpected standard73%
Castor CofE Primary SchoolPeterborough · 63 miles awayGood70%
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 12 miles awayNot yet graded56%
Our Lady Catholic Primary SchoolHitchin · 21 miles awayGood57%
Vine Tree Primary SchoolCrewe · 137 miles awayGood40%
St John Roman Catholic Primary SchoolBaldock · 22 miles awayGood61%
Duxford Church of England Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 33 miles awayGood58%
Penns Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 92 miles awayStrong standard84%
Meridian Primary SchoolCambridge · 37 miles awayRequires improvement58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 35% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 23% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 12% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Black African 3% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Barnet 0%, England 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7%
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
16.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 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 £55,851; 12.5% 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£7,978
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £150,878; in-year balance +£30,167

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher59%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.8%62.3%
Social housing3.3%17.1%
Privately rented17.9%20.5%
Detached houses25.6%22.9%
Flats12.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000254 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£810,00095 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£575,000–£1,367,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£1,600,000
Semi-detached (28)£835,000
Terraced (11)£715,000
Flat (29)£355,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an 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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