School Chooser

Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncil429 pupilsNurseryLondonBarnet
School Chooser Score
94
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 89 to 97
Out of 100. Better than 91% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, March 2023
Reached the expected level at 1193%England 63%
Attendance95.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families18%Far fewer than most schools
Places28 spare429 pupils, 457 places
Pupils per teacher19.4School workforce census

Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School is a council school in London for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 429 pupils and room for 457. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 94 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 91% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Osidge Lane, Southgate, London, N14 5DU020 8368 3468brunswickpark.barnet.sch.ukMr Andy Griffiths headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 21 March 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
4 December 2019UngradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

59 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1193%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level36%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score110.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score111.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 93%93%20172018: 93%93%20182019: 98%98%20192023: 76%76%20232024: 83%83%20242025: 93%93%2025
Since 2017: +0%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017BarnetEngland
Pupils tested596059575829
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths93%83%76%98%93%93%73%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths36%30%5%25%28%7%14%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score110.0111.0109.0111.0110.0111.0107.9105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score111.0110.0110.0111.0111.0109.0107.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score112.0112.0111.0115.0114.0112.0108.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard97%93%90%98%98%97%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard97%92%88%100%100%97%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)93%88%78%100%95%93%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.2+3.9+5.0+8.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.7+3.8+6.9+6.3
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged92%82%69%100%89%94%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged94%84%78%98%95%92%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
92%94%
Gap 2 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
90%96%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
94%93%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
17%36%
Gap 19 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Nearly full411 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
98% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Barnet council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll429Census January 2026
Places45794% full
Pupils from low-income families17%18% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English54%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support15%63 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%24 pupils with a plan
Average class size26.816 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)18%£111,600 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls252 / 177
White British pupils26%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 27.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (25), language and communications needs (17), Autistic spectrum disorder (16), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (13), Specific learning difficulty (5), Hearing impairment (4).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll429447453457455456
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals17%17%18%17%16%15%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language54%57%57%55%55%55%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support12%17%11%10%10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans7%5%3%2%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school9.4%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.9%4.8%5.4%6.4%3.7%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%3.8%4.2%5.1%3.1%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.2%1.0%1.2%1.3%0.6%0.9%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence9.4%10.6%13.2%15.8%8.3%7.7%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.00.7
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers21.7full-time equivalent, 26 people
Pupils per teacher19.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers92%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants19.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£65,252
Teachers who left in the year20%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.62024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,235England £7,738. Total £3.6m
Income per pupil£8,215England £7,697. Total £3.6m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,872England £3,480
Money in reserve-3%In the red: -£121k, -£280 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£8,542it spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£8,235spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m35512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate91 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£580,000Barnet
Nearest bus stop70 mOsidge Library, 14 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Monkfrith Primary SchoolCouncil740 m415Good 202393Compare
Ashmole Primary SchoolFree school810 m423Not inspected97Compare
Church Hill SchoolCouncil950 m181Good 202268Compare
Osidge Primary SchoolAcademy1000 m374Good 202439Compare
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.6 miles408Good 202391Compare
All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N20Church of England0.8 miles214Good 202473Compare
St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)Church of England0.9 miles202No overall grade 202492Compare
Holly Park Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles396Good 202427Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats91%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 94 is 30 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 64 · highest 98100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 94 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 94% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 89 to 97. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%well above
+0.38
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 59 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.5 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.04
DfE progress measure; 59 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.18
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.04
2024/25; 371 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.21
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 59 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School scores 94 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 91% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 89 to 97, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 21 March 2023.

How good are Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 93% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 36% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School have?

429 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 457 places, so it is 94% full.

Is Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School oversubscribed?

Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.

What is attendance like at Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School?

Pupils were in school 95.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School?

The average class had 26.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Osidge Lane, Southgate, London, N14 5DU
Telephone
020 8368 3468
Website
www.brunswickpark.barnet.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr Andy Griffiths
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Barnet
Ward
Brunswick Park
Constituency
Chipping Barnet
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101264 · LAESTAB 3022009 · UKPRN 10071299

Where these figures come from