Edgware Primary School

Community school·Primary school Edgware, Barnet·HA8 9AB
Composite score
53.0
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#6,178
National rank
#1157
In London
#65
In Barnet
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
114
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
27%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.0720230.9120240.9620250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Edgware Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
448
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
93.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,101
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Edgware Primary School at a glance

Located in Edgware, Barnet, Edgware Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 448 pupils aged 3 to 11. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Edgware Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Edgware Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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