Watling Park School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · 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.
Watling Park School is a primary school in Barnet for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Watling Park 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 44 of the 83 other Barnet primary schools with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 39 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 105 applications for Reception 2026, 23 (22%) came from families living outside Barnet, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Pavilion Way, Burnt Oak, Barnet, HA8 9YA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school, where pupils are happy and safe.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of what pupils can and should accomplish.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour rarely disrupts learning in class.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum is not as carefully thought through to identify what pupils need to know and when it should be taught.”
- “Sometimes, activities in lessons are not well chosen to help pupils follow the curriculum.”
- “This means that, in some subjects, teaching does not ensure that pupils routinely learn or practise new knowledge and skills as effectively as in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 55% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 39 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.
- Menorah Foundation School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Edgware Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shalom Noam Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Barnfield Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Deansbrook Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Deansbrook Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- The Annunciation RC Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding