St Agnes' Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Barnet·NW2 1RG
Composite score
82.5
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#607
National rank
#205
In London
#13
In Barnet
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
60 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
127
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
39%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.2520231.2520240.9020251.002026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Agnes' Catholic Primary School yet. Barnet does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
431
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
67.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,665
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Agnes' Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 431 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Agnes' Catholic Primary School 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 90% of the families who made St Agnes' Catholic Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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