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Barham Primary School

Primary · Wembley · HA0 4RQ

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 10 March 2016

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At a glance

914 pupils · 98% of 930 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
70.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.barhamprimary.co.uk/
URN
101515

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 105 families named it first for 111 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1245.12 m (≈0.77 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

111 places offered · 105 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. 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1245.12 m (≈0.77 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Brent average69.2%
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
Highlands Primary SchoolIlford · 16 miles awayOutstanding (2019)87%
Horsenden Primary SchoolGreenford · 1 miles awayGood69%
Cranford Primary SchoolHounslow · 7 miles awayGood71%
Heathland SchoolHarrow · 3 miles awayGood63%
Elmgrove Primary School & NurseryHarrow · 3 miles awayGood66%
James Elliman AcademySlough · 13 miles awayGood80%
Newbury Park Primary SchoolIlford · 17 miles awayGood61%
West Drayton AcademyWest Drayton · 7 miles awayNo current grade73%
Montem AcademySlough · 14 miles awayOutstanding79%
Chase Lane Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood69%
Lake Farm Park AcademyHayes · 6 miles awayGood77%
Ryvers SchoolSlough · 11 miles awayGood64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 71% (Brent 19%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Brent 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Brent 17%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Brent 5%, England 5%) · Black African 3% (Brent 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Brent 16%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Brent 1%, England 1%) · White British 2% (Brent 9%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Brent 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Brent 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.22 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Brent: 1.25 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 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)

56.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.6 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 £46,653; 15% 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£7,380
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 12% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £810,116; in-year balance -£64,321

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.3%62.3%
Social housing6%17.1%
Privately rented39.7%20.5%
Detached houses6%22.9%
Flats32.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000631 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£515,000249 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£630,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£600,000
Semi-detached (65)£620,000
Terraced (85)£580,000
Flat (89)£332,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.25 km, 2025 entry): 432 sales, median £512,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
41an 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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