Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Barnet·N12 0JP
Composite score
51.1
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#6,893
National rank
#1221
In London
#69
In Barnet
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
72
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.8920230.9320240.9420250.782026

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

Every child who put Our Lady of Lourdes RC 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
206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,524
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School at a glance

Located in London, Barnet, Our Lady of Lourdes RC School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 206 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 66% 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 fallen by 20.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 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 Our Lady of Lourdes RC School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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