Schools in Barnet
168 schools in the Barnet local authority.
Schools
168
Open schools
Pupils
67,997
2025–26 census
Good or better
90%
129 of 144 graded
Academic Performance
6.8
out of 10 · 152 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 29 20%
- Good
- 100 69%
- Requires improvement
- 10 7%
- Inadequate
- 5 3%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade12 superseded by a report card17 not judged3 safeguarding not effective
6.8
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 152 of 168 schools that can be scored
Pupils
67,997
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
47%Asian
13%Black
10%Mixed
12%Chinese
2%Any other group
12%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 132 of 168 schools (61,184 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
- First language not English
- 48.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
14,014 of 61,184 pupils · 132 of 168 schools
29,446 of 61,184 pupils · 132 of 168 schools
431 of 60,783 pupils · 128 of 168 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 99
- Secondary
- 29
- All-through
- 5
- Special
- 7
- Nursery
- 4
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 22
Top primary schools in Barnet
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Ashmole Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Courtland SchoolBarnet · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Monken Hadley CofE Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Chalgrove Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 6.Goldbeaters Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 7.The Orion Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 8.Livingstone Primary and Nursery SchoolBarnet · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 9.Menorah Primary School for GirlsBarnet · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 10.St Agnes' Catholic Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 11.Trent CofE Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 12.Whitings Hill Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 13.The Annunciation RC Junior SchoolBarnet · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 14.Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery SchoolBarnet · Primary8.9/10Good
- 15.Menorah Foundation SchoolBarnet · Primary8.9/10
- 16.St Catherine's RC SchoolBarnet · Primary8.9/10Good
- 17.Woodridge Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary8.9/10
- 18.Akiva SchoolBarnet · Primary8.8/10Good
- 19.Christ Church Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary8.8/10Good
- 20.Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary8.8/10Good
Top secondary schools in Barnet
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetBarnet · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolBarnet · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Ark Pioneer AcademyBarnet · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Wren Academy FinchleyBarnet · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.The Archer AcademyBarnet · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.The Compton SchoolBarnet · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.Menorah High School for GirlsBarnet · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 8.The Henrietta Barnett SchoolBarnet · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 9.Hasmonean High School for GirlsBarnet · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 10.Mill Hill County High SchoolBarnet · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 11.Ashmole AcademyBarnet · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 12.Finchley Catholic High SchoolBarnet · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 13.Christ's College FinchleyBarnet · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 14.Hasmonean High School for BoysBarnet · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 15.JCoSSBarnet · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 16.Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolBarnet · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 17.The Totteridge AcademyBarnet · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 18.East Barnet SchoolBarnet · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 19.St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolBarnet · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 20.Bishop Douglass School FinchleyBarnet · Secondary8.0/10Good
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About schools in Barnet
- How many schools are there in Barnet?
- Barnet has 168 open schools — 99 primary, 29 secondary, 7 special, 4 nursery, teaching 67,997 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Barnet are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 129 of the 144 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 29 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 168: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Barnet?
- 6.8 out of 10, averaged across the 152 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Barnet schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 24 schools in Barnet currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Barnet local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Barnet covers 168 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Barnet are eligible for free school meals?
- 22.9% — 14,014 of 61,184 pupils at the 132 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.