Pardes House Primary School, London

Good
Primary
Voluntary aided school
Boys
Jewish
Ages 411

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~418m)Possible (~597m)Unlikely (~776m)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Rabbi Joel Sager
Pupils:359 / 360 capacity
LA:Barnet
Phone:02083433568
Address:Hendon Lane, London, N3 1SA
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2001

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 10 months ago
-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Requires Improvement

Early Years

Inspected 25 November 2025View full report
URN:133364
UKPRN:10075177
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Finchley and Golders Green
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Pardes House creates a warm, welcoming environment where children thrive. The school combines excellent behaviour and attendance with an ambitious curriculum that develops knowledge, character and a genuine understanding of diversity and citizenship. Your child will benefit from a broad range of enriching activities, strong pastoral care, and staff who know them well and listen to their concerns.

Key Strengths

  • Consistently high attendance with rare persistent absence due to rigorous monitoring and effective family support
  • Excellent behaviour and respectful relationships between pupils and staff, creating a calm, orderly learning environment
  • Ambitious personal, social and health education programme including visits to Royal Courts of Justice and Supreme Court
  • Wide range of enrichment activities and trips ensuring all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, benefit from enriching experiences
  • Strong inclusive culture with effective identification, assessment and support for pupils facing barriers to learning

Areas for Improvement

  • Teaching is not always adapted precisely enough for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, limiting their learning progress
  • End-of-year outcomes in Year 6 national tests, particularly in reading and mathematics, are close to but not above national averages

Safeguarding

Safeguarding standards are met - the school has an open and positive culture of safeguarding where all legal requirements are met and pupils feel safe.

Extracurricular Activities

Current affairs club, classical music appreciation club, visits to Royal Courts of Justice and Supreme Court, charitable activities including litter picking and gift box preparation, breakfast club ('Not just a breakfast club')

Pardes House Primary School is a strong performing primary school with excellent attendance, behaviour and personal development. Pupils make secure progress through a well-sequenced curriculum and feel safe, valued and happy in school.

At a Glance

2.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+3ppMaths-9ppWriting-7pp

Reading has remained stable at around 80%. Maths has declined from 83% to 74%. Writing has declined from 81% to 74%.

Class Sizes

25.3

Avg class size

26.3

Infant (KS1)

24.2

KS2

12

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Tube / Metro / Tram

Finchley Central Station
352m · 6 min walk
Finchley Central Underground Station
383m · 6 min walk

Bus Stops

St Mary's Church (N3) (Stop G)
45m · 1 min walk
Hendon Lane (Stop J)
55m · 1 min walk
East End Road Finchley (Stop S)
140m · 2 min walk
Gravel Hill (N3) (Stop R)
163m · 3 min walk
Dollis Park / Finchley Central (Stop E)
262m · 4 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

100%

Over capacity

359 pupils

360 capacity

1 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - London

Low pressure
New homes approved:104,823
Projected new pupils:26,206

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London

Admissions Demand - Barnet

Low demand0.85x oversubscription

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(14)

25 November 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
Early YearsRequires Improvement
5 May 2021
29 June 2016

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.00294%

Overall absence

3.59477%

Persistent absence

306

Enrolments

Authorised2.76428%
Unauthorised1.23866%
Persistent (10%+)3.59477%
Severe (50%+)0.3268%

Absence trend

2.60016%
18/19
2.14343%
20/21
3.55238%
21/22
4.31069%
22/23
3.8172%
23/24
4.00294%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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