Manorside Primary School
General Information
- Address: Squires Lane, Finchley, London, N3 2AB – View on map
- Phone: 02083464847
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andy Griffiths
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 29 places – 11 for every 10 places. 87% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 13 · 2025 13 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 36
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Barnet average)
- English as an additional language: 73% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.4% a year (Barnet 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Barnet average (72%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
- Based on: 30 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: joint 47th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- #46Shalom Noam Primary School74%
- =47Church Hill School73%
- =47Manorside Primary School73%
- =47Martin Primary School73%
- #50Hollickwood Primary School72%
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36th of 63 primary schools in Barnet for Ofsted rating
- #34Holly Park Primary SchoolGood
- #35Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #36Manorside Primary SchoolGood
- #37Martin Primary SchoolGood
- #38Millbrook Park Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,916 (2024-25)
19th of 75 primary schools in Barnet for spending per pupil
- #17The Orion Primary School£9,361
- #18Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School£9,100
- #19Manorside Primary School£8,916
- #20Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School£8,875
- #21Saracens Bell Lane£8,850
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