St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet
General Information
- Address: Littlegrove, East Barnet, Barnet, EN4 8SR – View on map
- Phone: 02084495856
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Maria Constantinou
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 29 places – 10 for every 10 places. 87% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Barnet average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.9% a year (Barnet 18.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 16% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Barnet average (72%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 73% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 81% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 97%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 109
- Based on: 31 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 33rd of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =33Christ Church Primary School77%
- =33Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School77%
- =33St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet77%
- =33The Orion Primary School77%
- =33Whitings Hill Primary School77%
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51st of 63 primary schools in Barnet for Ofsted rating
- #49St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolGood
- #50St John's CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #51St Mary's CofE Primary School, East BarnetGood
- #52St Paul's CofE Primary School N11Good
- #53St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7Good
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,278 (2024-25)
60th of 75 primary schools in Barnet for spending per pupil
- #58St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£7,369
- #59The Hyde School£7,361
- #60St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet£7,278
- #61Akiva School£7,246
- #62Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School£7,230
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