Menorah Foundation School

About Menorah Foundation School

Parents considering Menorah Foundation School will find a strong vote of confidence from current families. In the most recent Parent View survey, 97% of respondents said they would recommend the school, a figure drawn from 106 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025. That enthusiasm is backed up by the school’s popularity at the admissions gate: for the 2025/26 intake, Menorah Foundation received 68 applications for just 30 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.27 to one. Of those, 31 families put it as their first preference, and 29 of them were offered a spot. The school is a state-funded, mixed-gender Jewish primary in the London borough of Barnet, with a nursery provision and a capacity of 400 pupils. It currently has 320 on roll, and just 3.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the national average.

Academically, Menorah Foundation School performs strongly. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, comfortably above the Barnet local authority average of 73%. The school ranks 10th out of 80 primary schools in the borough, placing it in the top 12.5% locally. Nationally, it sits in the top 5.3% of all primary schools. Subject-level scores are solid: a reading average score of 110, maths average of 109, and notably 58% of pupils achieved a higher standard in reading. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2025, the school was judged Good overall, with personal development rated Outstanding. Behaviour and attitudes, quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management were all rated Good. The previous inspection in 2015 had also rated the school Good overall, with leadership and management judged Outstanding at that time.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a library, sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, ICT suite, playing fields and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include tennis, gymnastics, netball, cross country, football and rounders, while clubs range from chess and eco club to film club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health support, physical disability, and other difficulties. Sixteen per cent of surveyed parents said their child receives SEND support, and of those, 94% agreed or strongly agreed that the school gives them the support they need. Menorah Foundation is a Jewish faith school, so it will particularly suit families who want that religious character woven into daily school life. Given its oversubscription, early application is essential.

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