Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Barnet·NW9 5PE
Composite score
55.9
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#5,192
National rank
#1038
In London
#62
In Barnet
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
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
76%
76 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.29
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
167
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.3020231.1520241.2320251.292026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Blessed Dominic 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
448
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
83.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,230
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School

Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 448 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 68% 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 13.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 76 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Blessed Dominic Catholic 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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