Garden Suburb Infant School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Garden Suburb Infant School excels at teaching reading through structured phonics and guided reading sessions, helping children become confident readers. The school creates a warm, caring environment where children from all backgrounds and abilities feel supported and included. Teachers use skilled questioning to extend pupils' thinking, and vulnerable learners receive high-quality, targeted support that helps them make good progress.
Key Strengths
- Quality teaching, particularly in Year 1, with skilled questioning and feedback that deepens pupils' understanding
- Strong phonics teaching and reading outcomes, with above-average results in the Year 1 phonics screening check
- Excellent support for vulnerable learners and those with special educational needs, enabling them to make good progress
- Good behaviour and positive relationships throughout the school
- Effective leadership with ambitious governors and senior leaders who have positively improved teaching and achievement
Areas for Improvement
- Progress in mathematics is slower than in reading and writing, with specific skills not built systematically into planning
- Most able pupils are not given sufficiently challenging work in all lessons to reach their potential
- Pupils do not have enough time to read and act on teachers' comments, leading to repeated mistakes
- Subject leaders' monitoring of teaching quality is not effective enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils say they feel safe in the school and this view is shared by parents and staff.
Garden Suburb Infant School is a good school with quality teaching that helps pupils achieve well, particularly in reading and writing with above-average attainment at the end of Year 2. The school provides effective support for pupils who find learning difficult and creates a caring, inclusive environment where children from diverse backgrounds thrive.
At a Glance
20.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
30 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
26.7
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
70%
Available places
173 pupils
246 capacity
73 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Barnet
Places available
4,376
Applications
3,709
Got 1st preference
84.3%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Primary admissions across Barnet (2025/26)
Inspection History(8)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.12357%
Overall absence
14.78873%
Persistent absence
142
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Garden Suburb Infant School
Lubavitch Yeshiva Ketanah of London
Shiras Devorah High School
The Henrietta Barnett School
Christ's College Finchley
Hendon School
Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls
Oak Lodge School
Pardes House Grammar School
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
Kisharon School
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