OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
6 December 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Barnet
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
352
352 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
174
49.4% of pupils
Male pupils
178
50.6% of pupils
10.0 pts
below England
School
14.8%
Barnet
20.6%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
41.9 pts
above England
School
62.2%
Barnet
43.3%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
0.7 pts
above England
School
1.7%
Barnet
0.6%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
31.8%
112
Any other ethnic group
16.5%
58
Any other Mixed background
6.8%
24
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
21.3%
75 of
352 pupils
0.5 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
15.6%
55 pupils
England
14.8%
0.8 pts
above
EHC plans
5.7%
20 pupils
England
6.0%
0.4 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
34
Autistic spectrum disorder
20
Speech, language & communication
12
Specific learning difficulty
6
Moderate learning difficulty
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.58%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.63 pts
lower than
England
School
5.58%
Barnet
5.90%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
13.60%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.22 pts
lower than
England
School
13.60%
Barnet
14.89%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.80%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.00 pts
lower than
England
School
0.80%
Barnet
1.29%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
97.8%
9.6 pts
above England
Brookland Junior School
97.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.