Saracens Broadfields

Academy converter·Primary school Edgware, Barnet·HA8 8JP
Composite score
68.1
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#2,060
National rank
#526
In London
#34
In Barnet
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 56 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.8720230.8120240.9220250.952026

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

Every child who put Saracens Broadfields 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
704
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
43.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
74.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,509
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Saracens Broadfields is a primary school serving Edgware, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 704 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Saracens Broadfields was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 53 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 43% 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. Saracens Broadfields 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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