St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Barnet, N20 0PL · Barnet local authority
Barnet’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of towns in England
What stands out about St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School
- Its own letter, A+: Key Stage 2 results better than 98% of England’s primary schools
- 87% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 25 points above England’s schools
- 8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, July 2022 (shown, not graded)
- 61% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 46)
- Homes in its postcode sector (N20 0) sold for a median £570,000; Barnet’s is £575,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 87%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 98% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Barnet avg 72%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 110, maths 112 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School?
61% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (5), 2020 (21), 2021 (1), 2022 (11), 2023 (7), 2024 (14), 2025 (12), 2026 (18). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Barnet council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
61% got their first choice
Barnet and Barnet, side by side
2023–2025All 85 graded primaries in Barnet. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Barnet’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland School | A+ | 15% | 94% |
| St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge | A+ | 1% | 89% |
| Menorah Foundation School | A+ | 4% | 89% |
| Akiva School | A+ | 1% | 89% |
| Ashmole Primary School | A+ | 6% | 88% |
| St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School | A+ | 8% | 87% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7 | A+ | 20% | 85% |
| Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School | A+ | 18% | 84% |
| Goldbeaters Primary School | A+ | 41% | 83% |
| Monkfrith Primary School | A+ | 3% | 83% |
| Monken Hadley CofE Primary School | A+ | 19% | 83% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | A+ | 10% | 83% |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | A+ | 15% | 83% |
| Deansbrook Junior School | A+ | 40% | 83% |
| Beit Shvidler Primary School | A | 5% | 82% |
| London Academy | A | 44% | 81% |
| Shalom Noam Primary School | A | 1% | 81% |
| Menorah Primary School for Girls | A | 2% | 80% |
| Foulds School | A | 7% | 79% |
| Sunnyfields Primary School | A | 32% | 79% |
| Christ Church Primary School | A | 13% | 79% |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School | A | 22% | 79% |
| Alma Primary | A | 4% | 79% |
| Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School | A | 3% | 79% |
| Brookland Junior School | A | 15% | 78% |
| Moss Hall Junior School | A | 19% | 78% |
| Chalgrove Primary School | A | 25% | 78% |
| St Catherine's RC School | A | 5% | 78% |
| The Orion Primary School | A | 50% | 78% |
| Wren Academy Finchley | A | 15% | 78% |
| Hasmonean Primary School | A | 23% | 77% |
| Independent Jewish Day School | A | 1% | 77% |
| Rimon Jewish Primary School | A | 6% | 77% |
| Woodridge Primary School | A | 8% | 76% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC School | A | 20% | 76% |
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School | A | 20% | 76% |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | A− | 22% | 75% |
| Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School | A− | 18% | 75% |
| Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School | A− | 1% | 75% |
| Woodcroft Primary School | A− | 31% | 75% |
| Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre | A− | 31% | 74% |
| Garden Suburb Junior School | A− | 30% | 74% |
| The Hyde School | A− | 29% | 74% |
| Whitings Hill Primary School | A− | 27% | 73% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet | A− | 15% | 73% |
| The Annunciation RC Junior School | A− | 32% | 73% |
| Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School | A− | 2% | 73% |
| Manorside Primary School | A− | 16% | 72% |
| Rosh Pinah Primary School | A− | 2% | 72% |
| Martin Primary School | A− | 30% | 71% |
| Saracens Broadfields | A− | 43% | 71% |
| Barnfield Primary School | B+ | 31% | 70% |
| Church Hill School | B+ | 16% | 70% |
| Livingstone Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 25% | 70% |
| Trent CofE Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Beis Yaakov Primary School | B+ | 2% | 69% |
| Frith Manor Primary School | B+ | 11% | 68% |
| Underhill School | B+ | 35% | 68% |
| Hollickwood Primary School | B | 42% | 67% |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | B | 15% | 67% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | B | 29% | 67% |
| St Mary's and St John's CofE School | B | 28% | 67% |
| Summerside Primary Academy | B | 33% | 66% |
| Northside Primary School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| Pardes House Primary School | B− | 3% | 64% |
| Colindale Primary School | B− | 29% | 63% |
| Cromer Road Primary School | B− | 19% | 63% |
| St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School | B− | 12% | 63% |
| Wessex Gardens Primary School | B− | 36% | 63% |
| Edgware Primary School | B− | 36% | 61% |
| Queenswell Junior School | C+ | 35% | 60% |
| Danegrove Primary School | C+ | 31% | 60% |
| All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N20 | C+ | 23% | 60% |
| Dollis Primary School | C+ | 31% | 59% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 | C+ | 26% | 58% |
| Parkfield Primary School | C+ | 26% | 58% |
| Childs Hill Primary School | C+ | 37% | 58% |
| Holly Park Primary School | C | 23% | 57% |
| All Saints' CofE Primary School NW2 | C | 44% | 55% |
| Millbrook Park Primary School | C | 27% | 55% |
| Watling Park School | C | 50% | 55% |
| Osidge Primary School | C | 20% | 54% |
| Claremont Primary School | C− | 46% | 51% |
| Coppetts Wood Primary School | C− | 38% | 49% |
| Tudor Primary School | C− | 30% | 48% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025248 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, July 2022.
Living near St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in N20 0, the school’s postcode sector
Barnet property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in N20 0 sell for about the same as Barnet’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
30 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Barnet, N20 0PL
St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School: common questions
Is St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 98% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A+), with 87% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, July 2022.
How hard is it to get into St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School?
For September 2026, 46 families put St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School first and 28 of them were offered a place; 29 places were offered in all.
What is St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2022).
How much do houses cost near St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School?
Homes in its postcode sector, N20 0, sold for a median £570,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (369 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Barnet’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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