Barnfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Edgware, Barnet
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Barnet · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2015–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Barnfield Primary School is a primary school in Edgware, Barnet for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Barnfield Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 0.951 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.297 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in both 2015 and 2025.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 35 of the 163 applications (21%) for Reception in 2026 came from families living outside Barnet, and 19 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnet schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Silkstream Road, Edgware, HA8 0DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at Barnfield.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to succeed.”
- “Pupils understand and embody the school’s principles of being healthy, ambitious, empathetic, curious and creative.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum is more recently introduced and less well embedded.”
- “Pupils’ learning in these subjects is sometimes less secure.”
- “This is because gaps that may exist in their prior knowledge are not sufficiently identified or addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 51 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnet.
- Shalom Noam Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldbeaters Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Menorah Foundation School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Watling Park School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beis Yaakov Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodcroft Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Edgware Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published