Beis Medrash Elyon, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Beis Medrash Elyon creates a safe, welcoming environment where pupils feel valued and behave exceptionally well. Teachers are passionate about their subjects and the school offers a broad curriculum with excellent extra-curricular activities. Pupils develop strong debating and public speaking skills and benefit from caring pastoral support.
Key Strengths
- High attendance rates with effective tracking systems to support families
- Excellent behaviour and pastoral care with strong pupil leadership roles
- Passionate teachers and a broad, coherently sequenced curriculum
- Strong achievement in mathematics and Biblical Hebrew
- Well-developed extra-curricular activities including trips and fundraising
Areas for Improvement
- Weak GCSE results in English language and other subjects beyond mathematics and Biblical Hebrew
- Limited support and adaptive teaching strategies for pupils with special educational needs
- Ineffective questioning techniques and limited opportunities for extended writing
- Sex education curriculum does not meet statutory requirements and lacks coverage of key topics
- Education does not adequately prepare pupils for life in modern Britain regarding protected characteristics
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
3-day hiking trips to Snowdonia, museum visits, historic landmark trips, fundraising initiatives, career visits from professionals, university visits
Beis Medrash Elyon is a lively community where pupils feel safe and valued with exemplary behaviour. However, the school has several unmet independent school standards, particularly in curriculum teaching, support for pupils with SEND, and personal development education.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
109%
Over capacity
109 pupils
100 capacity
9 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Barnet
Places available
4,877
Applications
4,221
Got 1st preference
72.4%
Got preferred school
92.6%
Secondary admissions across Barnet (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Beis Medrash Elyon
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