The Annunciation Catholic Infant School

About The Annunciation Catholic Infant School

The Annunciation Catholic Infant School sits within the London borough of Barnet, a local authority with 91 primary schools where 14 currently hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. Among its peers in the area, the school is ranked behind Courtland School, St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School in Totteridge, and Ashmole Primary School, which occupy the top three spots locally. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary, Goldbeaters Primary School, is just 0.3 kilometres away, placing Annunciation in a competitive landscape where parents have strong alternatives nearby. The school itself is a Roman Catholic state primary for children aged 3 to 7, with a nursery provision and a mixed intake of 181 pupils against a capacity of 232. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, 76 applications were received for 35 places, with 29 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.17. This level of demand suggests it holds a solid reputation among local families, particularly those seeking a faith-based infant education.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, the school was rated Good overall, with all key areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — each receiving a Good grade. This represents a change from its previous inspection in 2009, when it was judged Outstanding overall, with early years provision rated Requires Improvement at that time. The school does not publish Key Stage 2 results, as it only caters for infants up to age 7, so direct academic comparisons with the Barnet local authority average of 73 per cent for KS2 attainment are not applicable. However, the school's focus on early years is evident: the early years provision was graded Good in 2022, and the school offers a nursery for three-year-olds. With 24.4 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a moderately diverse socioeconomic intake within the borough.

The school provides a range of facilities including a gymnasium, library, outdoor playground, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room, dining hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, cricket, netball, gymnastics, rounders, and athletics, while extracurricular clubs cover drama, choir, gardening, coding, chess, and book club. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for social, emotional and mental health, and for speech, language and communication needs. Given its infant-only age range, strong faith character, and oversubscribed status, this school is best suited to Catholic families in Barnet looking for a nurturing start to primary education, particularly those who value a dedicated early years setting with a chapel on site and a broad club offer. Parents should be aware that children will need to transfer to a junior school at age 7, and the local competition for places means early application is essential.

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