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Chalgrove Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Barnet
  • N3 3PL

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 832 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 6%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 22%22%2016/17: top 30%2017/18: top 26%2018/19: top 10%2022/23: top 31%2023/24: top 10%2024/25: top 6%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM86% · London 72%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM7% · London 12%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score110 · London 107Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score110 · London 107Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 68% · 28 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 71% · 28 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 76% · 25 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 85% · 26 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 69% · 29 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 81% · 26 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 86% · 28 pupils · London 72%86%68%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 14% · 28 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 14% · 28 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 20% · 25 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 15% · 26 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 3% · 29 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 12% · 26 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 7% · 28 pupils · London 12%20%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 107 · 28 pupils · London 1032016/17: 107 · 28 pupils · London 1052017/18: 108 · 25 pupils · London 1062018/19: 109 · 26 pupils · London 1062022/23: 104 · 29 pupils · London 1062023/24: 109 · 26 pupils · London 1072024/25: 110 · 28 pupils · London 107110104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 28 pupils · London 1042016/17: 107 · 28 pupils · London 1062017/18: 108 · 25 pupils · London 1062018/19: 107 · 26 pupils · London 1072022/23: 107 · 29 pupils · London 1062023/24: 109 · 26 pupils · London 1062024/25: 110 · 28 pupils · London 107110106No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in60.0%
27 of 45 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 60.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4527
2nd281
3rd330
Last distance offered
  • 2025/26Varies by rule
  • 2024/25Varies by rule
  • 2023/24Varies by rule
  • 2021/22747 m
  • 2019/20Varies by rule
  • You1.4 km

approx.: from the centre of Copthall & Downage, not your door

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Inadequate
  2. 2008Satisfactory
  3. 2010Good
  4. 2014Good
  5. 2019Remains Good
  6. 2022Outstanding

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected May 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils thrive in this school, where they are happy and safe.”
  • “Pupils enjoy plentiful opportunities to learn and develop in a welcoming, inclusive environment surrounded by their friends and adults they trust.”
  • “Leaders have high expectations.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026217
Free school meals (past 6 years)20.8%
First language not English66.2%
SEN support6.5%
EHC plan11.1%
Absence (sessions missed)3.9%
Persistently absent pupils7.2%

Girls 51.9%Boys 48.1%

96.9% full · 224 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher13.5
Pupils per adult7.5
  • Classroom teachers 13.5
  • Leadership 2.6
  • Teaching assistants 13
  • Other support 2.8

Teachers 16.1 FTE · Whole workforce 31.9 · 38 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£10,086
Spend per pupil£9,823
Staff spend per pupil£7,464
Reserve per pupil£17
  • +£3,705revenue reserve
  • +£57,059in-year balance

Grants £9,673 · self-generated £423 · premises £511 per pupil