Garden Suburb Junior School is a state-funded primary school in Barnet, London, for pupils aged 7 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 315 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 360.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (19 May 2022). 75% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 19 May 2022 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
Ungraded inspection · 19 May 2022: School remains Good
Published 26 May 2017.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Barnet |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 75% | 5% | — |
| Reading | 85% | 45% | 108 |
| Writing | 79% | 6% | — |
| Maths | 92% | 61% | 111 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
19.2 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 4.94% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 0.57% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 18.4% |
| White other | 25.1% |
| Mixed | 14.4% |
| Asian | 14.6% |
| Black | 5.7% |
| Other | 17.8% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
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80% would recommend this school
80 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 93% |
| Feels safe | 98% |
| Well behaved pupils | 87% |
| Bullying dealt with | 20% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 88% |
| Concerns dealt with | 62% |
| SEND support | 100% |
| High expectations | 73% |
| Child does well | 94% |
| Progress updates | 82% |
| Subject range | 96% |
| Clubs & activities | 99% |
| Personal development | 67% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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