Mapledown School

State-Funded School

mapledown-school-barnet-london

LondonRegion

BarnetLocal Authority

Finchley and Golders GreenConstituency

NW2 1TRPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Mapledown School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Barnet, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 114 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

32%

Asian

15%

Black

18%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

18%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

114

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

67%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 114
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 29 November 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Dec 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.