What schools serve Barnet?

There are 25 schools in Barnet, Barnet, including Brookhill Nursery School, St Margaret's Nursery School, Church Hill School, Cromer Road Primary School, Foulds School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Barnet?

Barnet has 14 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. There are also 6 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Barnet?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Barnet, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Barnet schools are set by Barnet and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Barnet admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Barnet?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Barnet are set by Barnet as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Barnet

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Barnet has 25 schools in this area including 14 primaries and 5 secondaries, with Barnet Council co-ordinating admissions for community schools. Four academies and five faith schools apply their own criteria, which typically give priority to children attending specified feeder primaries or of the relevant faith denomination.

Distance tiebreakers at Barnet community secondaries are measured from home address to the nearest school entrance. With house prices among the highest in North London, competition for places at the most sought-after schools in this part of the borough is intense, and some catchments cover less than 0.5 km.

School demand in Barnet

Across the 22 schools in Barnet with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

5 schools in Barnet have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

4 of the schools in Barnet are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Barnet, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

11 of the schools in Barnet have a current Ofsted rating, of which 11 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Barnet: 2 oversubscribed (14)

Church Hill School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN4 8NN

Ages 4-11 200 pupils Capacity 210

Cromer Road Primary School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN5 5HT

Ages 5-11 404 pupils Capacity 420

Foulds School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN5 4NR

Ages 5-11 313 pupils Capacity 315

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN4 9BU

Ages 3-11 249 pupils Capacity 305

Underhill School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN5 2LZ

Ages 2-11 462 pupils Capacity 510

Whitings Hill Primary School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN5 2QY

Ages 3-11 471 pupils Capacity 420

Danegrove Primary School

Primary · Community school

Barnet · EN4 8UD

Ages 5-11 616 pupils Capacity 630