Hollickwood Primary School
General Information
- Address: Sydney Road, Muswell Hill, London, N10 2NL – View on map
- Phone: 02088836880
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Kennedy
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 15 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 15 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 6 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 77
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.1%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Barnet average)
- English as an additional language: 49% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.4% a year (Barnet 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 54% moved to another school, 46% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Barnet: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Barnet, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 26.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 32 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Barnet average (72%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 67% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 50th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =47Manorside Primary School73%
- =47Martin Primary School73%
- #50Hollickwood Primary School72%
- #51The Annunciation RC Junior School71%
- #52Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School70%
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33rd of 63 primary schools in Barnet for Ofsted rating
- #31Frith Manor Primary SchoolGood
- #32Hasmonean Primary SchoolGood
- #33Hollickwood Primary SchoolGood
- #34Holly Park Primary SchoolGood
- #35Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £10,101 (2024-25)
8th of 75 primary schools in Barnet for spending per pupil
- #6Alma Primary£10,270
- #7Menorah Foundation School£10,120
- #8Hollickwood Primary School£10,101
- #9Independent Jewish Day School£9,950
- #10Claremont Primary School£9,950
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