Cromer Road Primary School

About Cromer Road Primary School

Cromer Road Primary School in Barnet holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its last graded inspection in 2012 and confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2022. The school has come a long way from its previous inspection in 2008, when it was rated Requires Improvement, with leadership and management now also judged Good. For a clearer picture of academic performance, the most telling metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. At 71%, this is just below the Barnet local authority average of 73%, placing the school 47th out of 80 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, it sits in the 29th percentile, meaning it performs better than roughly three in ten schools across England. While not the highest flyer in the area, the school delivers solid, broadly average outcomes for its pupils.

Looking closer at individual subjects, the school’s strengths are clearer in maths than in literacy. 89% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 108, and 44% achieved the higher standard. Reading and writing expected rates were 84% and 82% respectively, but the proportion reaching the higher standard in reading was 35% and in writing just 27%. Only 18% of pupils hit the higher standard across all three subjects. The school does not publish Progress 8 scores, so it is hard to say how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw attainment figures suggest a school where most children leave with a secure foundation, particularly in numeracy. For context, the top three primary schools in Barnet — Courtland, St Andrew’s CofE Totteridge, and Ashmole — all score above 90 on the ranking metric, so Cromer Road sits in a competitive local landscape.

The school is popular and oversubscribed: for 58 places in 2025/26, it received 174 applications, with 44 first-preference applications and 40 offers made to first-preference families. That is a ratio of three applicants per place. Facilities include playing fields, a dining hall, an ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel, and the school offers clubs ranging from coding and art to gardening and film. Sports on offer include dance, athletics, cricket and rounders. The SEND provision is notably broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing and multi-sensory impairments, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 18.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a moderately diverse intake. It will suit families looking for a well-subscribed community primary with strong maths outcomes and a wide range of extra-curricular activities, set in a competitive London borough.

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