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The Windmill School

Special schoolAges 5–19Free schoolSixth form

Barnet, EN5 5TS · Barnet local authority

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

How full
63 pupils
70% of its 90 places
Free school meals
39%
39 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Windmill School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 63 pupils for 90 places
  • 39% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EN5 5) sold for a median £477,500; Barnet’s is £575,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

40 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
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
10%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 63%
Its letter

No letter for The Windmill 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.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Windmill School

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

Home prices in EN5 5, the school’s postcode sector

Barnet property prices →
£477,500
median sale, 338 sales in 36 months · Barnet £575,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025EN5 5Barnet
EN5 5Barnet

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£998K
Semi-detached
£775K
Terraced
£522K
Flat
£377K
EN5 5Barnet

Homes in EN5 5 sell for well under 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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−AB+B+A−AA+AAA+AAA−A+The Windmill School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Barnet, EN5 5TS

The Windmill School: common questions

What is The Windmill School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Windmill School?

Homes in its postcode sector, EN5 5, sold for a median £477,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (338 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.