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Mapledown School

Special schoolAges 11–19CommunitySixth form

Barnet, NW2 1TR · Barnet local authority

Barnet’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of towns in England

How full
114 pupils
127% of its 90 places
Free school meals
45%
45 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Mapledown School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 114 pupils for 90 places
  • 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NW2 1) sold for a median £640,000; Barnet’s is £575,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

114 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.

SEN support
2.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
97.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
66.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 26%Boys 74%
Its letter

No letter for Mapledown School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Mapledown School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NW2 1, the school’s postcode sector

Barnet property prices →
£640,000
median sale, 103 sales in 36 months · Barnet £575,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025NW2 1Barnet
NW2 1Barnet

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£715K
Terraced
£575K
Flat
£346K
NW2 1Barnet

Homes in NW2 1 sell for a little over 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

36 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB−A−AACABAB−A−AB−CCA+ACAB−A+AC+A−AC−AA+C+A+DA−Mapledown School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Barnet, NW2 1TR

Mapledown School: common questions

What is Mapledown School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Mapledown School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NW2 1, sold for a median £640,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (103 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.