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St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · N3 2TD

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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 11 July 2024

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At a glance

180 pupils · 69% of 262 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
20% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-theresas.barnet.sch.uk/
URN
101335

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 11 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2015 entry)

~
0.325 miles

2015 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
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
Millbrook SchoolWaltham Cross · 10 miles awayRequires improvement60%
Cavendish Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayExpected standard73%
Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood66%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayExpected standard88%
Longlands Primary School and NurseryBroxbourne · 11 miles awayOutstanding (2018)38%
St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 6 miles awayGood (2016)63%
Streatham Wells PrimaryLondon · 11 miles awayOutstanding93%
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolCarlisle · 255 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayOutstanding83%
St John Vianney RC Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding77%
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolCroydon · 18 miles awayGood52%
Kenilworth Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 5 miles awayExpected standard37%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 34% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · Black African 13% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · White British 9% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 4% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Not recorded 3% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Barnet 0%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
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
19.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% 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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.9 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 £55,368; 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£9,107
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 16% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£865,534; in-year balance -£132,896

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.5%62.3%
Social housing16.3%17.1%
Privately rented32.1%20.5%
Detached houses12.9%22.9%
Flats67.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000203 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,000470 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£949,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£1,250,000
Semi-detached (114)£1,080,000
Terraced (104)£798,000
Flat (229)£460,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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