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Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School

Primary · London · NW7 3RT

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 16 March 2026

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At a glance

219 pupils · 95% of 230 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Free school meals
0.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.mathildamarks.com/
URN
101376

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 29 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 (2022 entry)

Other priority children
0.391 miles

2022 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Springcroft Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 121 miles awayExpected standard76%
Stoborough Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · 103 miles awayGood56%
Wolverley Sebright Primary AcademyKidderminster · 101 miles awayGood63%
St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, EcclesManchester · 157 miles awayGood68%
Courtney Primary SchoolBristol · 97 miles awayGood62%
Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolHolmfirth · 151 miles awayOutstanding77%
Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary SchoolDoncaster · 135 miles awayGood (2019)67%
Middleton Cheney Primary AcademyBanbury · 54 miles awayExpected standard61%
South Bersted CofE Primary SchoolBognor Regis · 59 miles awayGood78%
Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary SchoolWorcester · 90 miles awayExpected standard78%
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolBury · 166 miles awayGood72%
Norton CEVC Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 65 miles awayGood83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Not recorded 12% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 6% (Barnet 24%, England 7%)

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.38 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
19.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 7% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £48,485; 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£9,494
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £122,893; in-year balance +£34,515

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher57%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.6%62.3%
Social housing1%17.1%
Privately rented34.3%20.5%
Detached houses20.7%22.9%
Flats37%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van19%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000234 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£654,000364 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£471,000–£950,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (61)£1,290,000
Semi-detached (163)£715,000
Terraced (82)£470,500
Flat (58)£400,000

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
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
46an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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