OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
26 March 2025
Latest published outcome
Standards maintained
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Barnet
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
452
420 full-time ·
32 part-time
Female pupils
223
49.3% of pupils
Male pupils
229
50.7% of pupils
7.8 pts
below England
School
17.0%
Barnet
20.6%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
63.5 pts
above England
School
83.8%
Barnet
43.3%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
0.6 pts
below England
School
0.4%
Barnet
0.6%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
31.6%
143
Any other Asian background
15.3%
69
Any other ethnic group
6.9%
31
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
16.6%
75 of
452 pupils
4.2 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
13.1%
59 pupils
England
14.8%
1.7 pts
below
EHC plans
3.5%
16 pupils
England
6.0%
2.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
22
Social, emotional & mental health
18
Specific learning difficulty
16
Autistic spectrum disorder
13
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.99%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.22 pts
lower than
England
School
3.99%
Barnet
5.90%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
9.43%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
6.38 pts
lower than
England
School
9.43%
Barnet
14.89%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Barnet
1.29%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
95.8%
7.6 pts
above England
Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School
95.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.