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Barham Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Brent

Danethorpe Road, Wembley, HA0 4RQ

Website 02089023706

72

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

93%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

95.4%

10.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

914

Capacity used

Nearly full

98%

930 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

93%

1st preference success rate

115 of 123 families who put it first got an offer

120

Places offered

238

Total applications

2.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference123115● 93%
2nd preference393● 8%
3rd preference262● 8%
Later preferences (4th–6th)500● 0%
Total23812050%

1st preference success by year

84%
2020
95%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
76%
2024
93%
2025

Brent lets families list 6 preferences. 20 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Georgina Nutton
Address
Danethorpe Road, Wembley, HA0 4RQ
Phone
02089023706
Local authority
Brent
Ward / constituency
Wembley Central · Brent West
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101515

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals14%——
English as additional language72%——
SEN support13%——
52% boys (477)48% girls (437)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

914 pupils · 930 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    26 February 2025

    Ungraded inspection

    Standards maintained
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 748 pupils

Attendance

95.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

10.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

1.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

9%
20/21
17%
21/22
14%
22/23
10%
23/24
10%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths72%——
Higher standard8%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard76%
+14% vs England
Higher standard10%
+2% vs England

Reading

Expected standard83%
+8% vs England
Higher standard44%
+11% vs England
Average score107
+1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard83%
+11% vs England
Greater depth12%
-1% vs England

Maths

Expected standard82%
+8% vs England
Higher standard34%
+8% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard84%
+11% vs England
Higher standard52%
+22% vs England
Average score109
+4 vs England

Science

Expected standard90%
+8% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

722019602023722024762025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)76%61%
Higher standard10%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.