Lyonsdown School
Lyonsdown School is an independent school in for girls aged 3 to 11. It has 139 pupils and room for 248.
3 Richmond Road, New Barnet, EN5 1SA020 8449 0225lyonsdownschool.co.ukMrs Rittu Hall headmasterAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 139 | 154 | 160 | 159 | 161 | 166 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 13% | 2% | 3% | 17% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromer Road Primary School | Council | 760 m | 413 | Good 2022 | 71 | Compare |
| Ark Pioneer Academy | Free school | 810 m | 1,107 | Outstanding 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| St Margaret's Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 870 m | 96 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| St Catherine's RC School | Roman Catholic | 970 m | 470 | Good 2022 | 95 | Compare |
| Brookhill Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 124 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| JCoSS | Jewish | 0.8 miles | 1,356 | Good 2022 | 88 | Compare |
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,078 | Report card 2026 | 88 | Compare |
| Livingstone Primary and Nursery School | Council | 0.9 miles | 258 | Outstanding 2023 | 92 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Lyonsdown School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Lyonsdown School yet.
How many pupils does Lyonsdown School have?
139 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 248 places, so it is 56% full. It is a girls' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 3 Richmond Road, New Barnet, EN5 1SA
- Telephone
- 020 8449 0225
- Website
- www.lyonsdownschool.co.uk
- Headmaster
- Mrs Rittu Hall
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward
- Barnet Vale
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1932
- URN
- 101370 · LAESTAB 3026006 · UKPRN 10077622
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.