Barham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Wembley, Brent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.58 miles
Sibling · Published by Brent Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Barham Primary School is a primary school in Wembley, Brent for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Brent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Barham 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 | 1.58 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.91 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.51 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Reception had 105 first-choice applications for 111 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4th highest of 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Brent that have results).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.58 miles, for children with a sibling at the school, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Brent is 22.7%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Brent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Danethorpe Road, Wembley, HA0 4RQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Brent
- Pupils on roll
- 914 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Barham Primary School are safe, happy and kind.”
- “They are welcoming and demonstrate impeccable manners in their interactions with visitors.”
- “Pupils seek to embody the 5Rs by being respectful, resilient, risk taking, resourceful and reflective.”
To improve
- “While pupils generally learn well across curriculum, at times, teaching does not consistently help pupils to connect their understanding to what they have learned previously.”
- “This means that some pupils are less able to deepen their learning in a few subject areas.”
- “It is working to implement these consistently well, particularly during playtimes and lunchtimes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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: 105 first-preference applications, 111 offers in total, 105 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 Brent.
- Park Lane Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elsley Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyon Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sudbury Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wembley Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published