Northgate School
Northgate School is a pupil referral unit in Edgware for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 8 pupils. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.
Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD020 8289 4777northgateschool.netMr Paul O'Neill headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 3 February 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 38% | 63% | 30% | 46% | 40% | 40% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 25% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 10% | 46% | 40% | 100% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 38% | 40% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 8 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 75% | 43% |
| Education | 75% | 43% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 13% | 43% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
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.
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Northgate School | Miscellaneous | 0 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Watling Park School | Free school | 270 m | 400 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
| Shalom Noam Primary School | Jewish | 490 m | 226 | Good 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| Edgware Primary School | Council | 530 m | 438 | Good 2022 | 48 | Compare |
| Oakbridge Special Education | Special post 16 institution | 580 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Menorah Grammar School | Independent | 600 m | 231 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Menorah Foundation School | Jewish | 600 m | 300 | No overall grade 2025 | 95 | Compare |
| Krishna Avanti Primary School | Academy | 640 m | 456 | No overall grade 2025 | 99 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Northgate School a good school?
Northgate School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in February 2023.
What is Northgate School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Northgate School outstanding at its last full inspection on 3 February 2023.
How many pupils does Northgate School have?
8 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD
- Telephone
- 020 8289 4777
- Website
- www.northgateschool.net
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul O'Neill
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward
- Burnt Oak
- Constituency
- Hendon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 September 2002 (new provision)
- URN
- 133749 · LAESTAB 3021102 · UKPRN 10016849
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.