Primary school

Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Barnet
  • N12 0JP

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,926 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 46%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 26%2017/18: top 25%2018/19: top 36%2022/23: top 14%2023/24: top 5%5% · 2023/242024/25: top 46%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM66% · London 72%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM7% · London 12%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score107 · London 107Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score104 · London 107Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 30 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 73% · 30 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 77% · 30 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 72% · 29 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 77% · 31 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 86% · 29 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 66% · 29 pupils · London 72%86%50%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 30 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 13% · 30 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 7% · 30 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 14% · 29 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 16% · 31 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 18% · 29 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 7% · 29 pupils · London 12%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 30 pupils · London 1032016/17: 109 · 30 pupils · London 1052017/18: 108 · 30 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1062022/23: 108 · 31 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1072024/25: 107 · 29 pupils · London 107109103No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 30 pupils · London 1042016/17: 104 · 30 pupils · London 1062017/18: 107 · 30 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1072022/23: 107 · 31 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1062024/25: 104 · 29 pupils · London 107107102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
21 of 21 who put it first2014 · 66.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2121
2nd175
3rd90
Last distance offered
  • 2025/26All offered
  • 2021/22884 m

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Good
  2. 2010Outstanding
  3. 2023Good

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 · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Apr 2023

Strengths

  • “Our Lady of Lourdes is a happy and friendly school.”
  • “Leaders have high expectations of behaviour and learning.”
  • “Pupils are enthusiastic about coming to school.”

To improve

  • “In a small number of subjects, teaching does not take sufficient account of what pupils have learned previously.”
  • “The tasks and activities teachers set do not reflect the ambition of the curriculum.”
  • “In these instances, pupils’ knowledge and understanding are not developed sequentially.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026193
Free school meals (past 6 years)21.3%
First language not English46.1%
SEN support14.1%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)5.2%
Persistently absent pupils16.0%

Girls 45.1%Boys 54.9%

73.7% full · 262 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.4
Pupils per adult12.1
  • Classroom teachers 8.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 3.8
  • Other support 5

Teachers 10.8 FTE · Whole workforce 19.6 · 23 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£8,620
Spend per pupil£9,924
Staff spend per pupil£6,530
Reserve per pupil−£2,698
  • −£508,527revenue reserve
  • −£245,851in-year balance

Grants £8,213 · self-generated £407 · premises £598 per pupil