Danegrove Primary School

About Danegrove Primary School

Danegrove Primary School is a popular choice among local families, with 149 applications chasing just 57 places for the 2025/26 academic year, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.61. Of those applicants, 36 put Danegrove as their first preference, and all 36 received an offer. The school’s most recent ungraded Ofsted inspection, in July 2022, confirmed it remains a Good school, a rating it has held consistently since at least its 2011 graded inspection. In that earlier graded visit, inspectors rated leadership and management as Outstanding, while overall effectiveness, early years provision, and behaviour and attitudes were all judged Good. The 2022 ungraded inspection noted no change in quality. With 616 pupils on roll, the school is operating very close to its capacity of 630, which helps explain the high demand. For parents weighing up their options, the oversubscription figures are a clear signal that Danegrove is a well-regarded local primary.

Academically, Danegrove’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 63%, which is below the Barnet local authority average of 73%. This places the school 66th out of 80 primary schools in Barnet, putting it in the bottom quarter of the borough. Looking at individual subjects, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, 69% in reading, and 69% in writing. At the higher standard, the figures drop sharply: 26% in maths, 22% in reading, and just 1% in both writing and the combined measure. Average scaled scores were 105 for maths and 104 for reading, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

Danegrove offers a solid range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, ICT suite, art studios, and a sensory room. Sports provision covers swimming, cricket, netball, dance, gymnastics and tennis, while after-school clubs include coding, book club, art club, film club and science club. The school’s SEND provision is broad, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health needs, and physical disabilities. This makes it a practical option for families whose children require additional support within a mainstream setting. The school is non-religious, with no nursery or sixth form. For parents in Barnet who value a well-subscribed local school with strong SEND support and a wide club offer, Danegrove is worth a close look, though the below-average KS2 outcomes may give pause to those prioritising top-tier academic results.

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