The Annunciation Catholic Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · 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, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Annunciation Catholic Infant School is a primary school in Edgware, Barnet for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Annunciation Catholic Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every applicant was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 13 of the 85 Reception 2026 applications (15%) came from families living outside Barnet, and 7 offers went to them.
- There are 48.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnet.
- 16.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnet is 28.9%.
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
- Thirleby Road, Edgware, HA8 0HQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 48.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “They embrace and celebrate diversity within the school.”
- “Pupils know how leaders and staff expect them to behave.”
- “They are highly respectful of each other and of adults.”
To improve
- “However, inconsistencies in leaders’ curricular thinking remain.”
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the important subject content that pupils should learn.”
- “This limits the development of pupils’ deeper knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 36 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.
- Goldbeaters Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Barnfield Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Shalom Noam Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Menorah Foundation School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodcroft Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Watling Park School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Annunciation RC Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Deansbrook Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published