School Chooser

Monken Hadley CofE Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedChurch of England147 pupilsBarnet
School Chooser Score
98
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 95 to 100
Out of 100. Better than 100% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedOutstandingLast Ofsted inspection, February 2023
Reached the expected level at 1188%England 63%
Attendance95.8%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families19%A bit fewer than most schools
Places3 spare147 pupils, 150 places
Pupils per teacher16.2School workforce census

Monken Hadley CofE Primary School is a Church of England school (voluntary aided) in Barnet for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 147 pupils and room for 150. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 98 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 100% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.

Camlet Way, Monken Hadley, Barnet, EN4 0NJ020 8449 0989monkenhadley.barnet.sch.ukMs Julie Eyres headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 28 February 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Outstanding overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Outstanding
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Outstanding
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1188%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level25%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score110.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score112.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 92%92%20172018: 89%89%20182019: 74%74%20192023: 79%79%20232024: 83%83%20242025: 88%88%2025
Since 2017: -4%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017BarnetEngland
Pupils tested242424231824
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths88%83%79%74%89%92%73%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths25%21%21%13%22%17%14%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score110.0109.0108.0107.0110.0111.0107.9105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score112.0108.0109.0105.0108.0110.0107.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score113.0110.0110.0111.0110.0112.0108.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard96%92%83%83%89%92%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard100%83%88%78%89%92%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)88%96%88%78%94%92%
Reading progressReading progress score+3.2+0.6+3.1+4.1
Maths progressMaths progress score+5.3-1.2+2.7+3.0

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. None of the gaps is 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 11Boys vs girls
82%92%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
78%88%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 4 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. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Full149 pupils for 140 places, 2024/25
106% full

The school is full, with 9 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. 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 roll147Census January 2026
Places15098% full
Pupils from low-income families19%19% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English31%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support14%20 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%6 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.45 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%£41,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls66 / 81
White British pupils35%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 28.0 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: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (13), language and communications needs (4), emotional and mental health (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Severe learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll147149146148148149
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19%16%16%10%10%9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language31%25%28%24%22%22%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support13%12%15%10%8%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%1%2%3%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.8%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school7.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.9%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.2%4.3%4.9%4.7%2.3%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%3.9%4.3%4.4%2.1%3.7%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.9%0.4%0.6%0.3%0.2%0.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence7.7%5.8%10.0%8.4%2.3%8.2%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.

Teachers9.1full-time equivalent, 10 people
Pupils per teacher16.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants6.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£55,850
Teachers who left in the year0%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£7,455England £7,738. Total £1.1m
Income per pupil£7,879England £7,697. Total £1.2m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,848England £3,480
Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £121k, £810 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£63kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,455spent 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 m1912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate101 per 1,000 people11% higher than the England average
Typical house price£580,000Barnet
Nearest bus stop60 mMonken Hadley C of E School, 8 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
Cromer Road Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles413Good 202271Compare
Hadley Wood Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles206Good 202291Compare
Foulds SchoolCouncil0.9 miles318Good 202491Compare
Christ Church Primary SchoolChurch of England1.0 miles217Good 202291Compare
St Catherine's RC SchoolRoman Catholic1.0 miles470Good 202295Compare
Livingstone Primary and Nursery SchoolCouncil1.2 miles258Outstanding 202392Compare
Underhill SchoolCouncil1.4 miles383Good 202368Compare
Whitings Hill Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles465Outstanding 202396Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Monken Hadley CofE Primary School with the 47 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 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats100%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 98 is 45 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 4 · middle 53 · highest 97100

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 98 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 98% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 95 to 100. 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%above
+0.26
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 24 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)well above
+0.40
Ofsted grade, 3.5 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.20
DfE progress measure; 24 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.07
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.06
2024/25; 130 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.23
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 24 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 Monken Hadley CofE Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Monken Hadley CofE Primary School scores 98 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 100% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 95 to 100, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Monken Hadley CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Monken Hadley CofE Primary School outstanding at its last full inspection on 28 February 2023.

How good are Monken Hadley CofE Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 88% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 25% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Monken Hadley CofE Primary School have?

147 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 150 places, so it is 98% full.

Is Monken Hadley CofE Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably. The school was full in 2024/25, with 9 more pupils than places. How close you live, and the school's other admissions rules, decide who gets in.

What is attendance like at Monken Hadley CofE Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Monken Hadley CofE Primary School?

The average class had 29.4 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
Camlet Way, Monken Hadley, Barnet, EN4 0NJ
Telephone
020 8449 0989
Website
www.monkenhadley.barnet.sch.uk
Headteacher
Ms Julie Eyres
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of London
Local authority
Barnet
Ward
High Barnet
Constituency
Chipping Barnet
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101318 · LAESTAB 3023305 · UKPRN 10074715

Where these figures come from