Our Lady of Lourdes RC School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · London, 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.
Our Lady of Lourdes RC School is a primary school in London, Barnet for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady of Lourdes RC 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 21 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 44 of the 83 other Barnet primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: 2nd lowest of this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest Barnet primary schools that have results.
- Against England in 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard (England 62%) and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%) in reading, writing and maths.
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
- Bow Lane, Finchley, London, N12 0JP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Our Lady of Lourdes is a happy and friendly school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of behaviour and learning.”
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the curriculum is less well implemented.”
- “In a small number of subjects, the curriculum is not as well implemented.”
- “Although teachers have secure subject knowledge, there are times where teaching includes tasks and activities that are less effective in building on the knowledge and understanding that pupils have previously learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2023 (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) | 66% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 21 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.
- Tudor Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manorside Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerside Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moss Hall Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moss Hall Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Martin Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published