St Margaret's Nursery School
St Margaret's Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Barnet for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 96 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.
Margaret Road, New Barnet, Barnet, EN4 9NT020 8449 5466st-margarets.barnet.sch.ukMrs Kelly Brooker headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 4 May 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: language and communications needs (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1), emotional and mental health (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 96 | 92 | 107 | 114 | 123 | 117 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 12% | 24% | 16% | 24% | 43% | 44% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhill Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 510 m | 124 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| JCoSS | Jewish | 700 m | 1,356 | Good 2022 | 88 | Compare |
| Livingstone Primary and Nursery School | Council | 730 m | 258 | Outstanding 2023 | 92 | Compare |
| Cromer Road Primary School | Council | 850 m | 413 | Good 2022 | 71 | Compare |
| Lyonsdown School | Independent | 870 m | 139 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Danegrove Primary School | Council | 900 m | 589 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 210 | Good 2023 | 85 | Compare |
| Trent CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 210 | Outstanding 2022 | 96 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Margaret's Nursery School a good school?
St Margaret's Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in May 2023.
What is St Margaret's Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Margaret's Nursery School outstanding at its last full inspection on 4 May 2023.
How many pupils does St Margaret's Nursery School have?
96 pupils aged 2 to 5 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
- Margaret Road, New Barnet, Barnet, EN4 9NT
- Telephone
- 020 8449 5466
- Website
- www.st-margarets.barnet.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly Brooker
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward
- East Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101254 · LAESTAB 3021003
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.
- 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.