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Outstanding & Good schools in Barnet

10 state-funded schools in Barnet are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted — 6 Outstanding and 4 Good, across 7 secondary and 3 primary schools.

Which schools in Barnet are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted?

GeraLearn lists 10 top-rated state-funded schools in Barnet (6 Outstanding and 4 Good by Ofsted, as of 31 May 2026): 7 secondary and 3 primary. Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet is among them — rated Outstanding. Source: Ofsted management information, OGL v3.0.

Source:Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information·As of 31 May 2026 · updated monthly · last refreshed

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All 10 top-rated schools in Barnet

Outstanding first. Each school links to its full Ofsted profile.

SchoolPhaseOfstedPupilsLast inspected
Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetEN5 4DQSecondaryOutstanding1,314May 2022
Ark Pioneer AcademyEN5 2BESecondaryOutstanding998September 2023
The Orion Primary SchoolNW7 2ALPrimaryOutstanding955April 2024
St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolN12 7NJSecondaryOutstanding891November 2022
Whitings Hill Primary SchoolEN5 2QYPrimaryOutstanding471December 2023
St Agnes' Catholic Primary SchoolNW2 1RGPrimaryOutstanding431October 2019
Ashmole AcademyN14 5RJSecondaryGood1,823November 2021
London AcademyHA8 8DESecondaryGood1,736July 2023
St Mary's and St John's CofE SchoolNW4 4QRSecondaryGood1,649February 2024
JCoSSEN4 9GESecondaryGood1,381November 2022

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Schools in Barnet — FAQ

How many Outstanding or Good schools are there in Barnet?
GeraLearn's directory covers 10 top-rated state-funded schools in Barnet: 6 Outstanding and 4 Good by Ofsted (as of 31 May 2026). This includes 7 secondary and 3 primary schools. For the share of ALL Barnet schools rated Good or better, see the Gera School Quality Index for Barnet.
Which schools in Barnet are rated Outstanding by Ofsted?
6 schools are rated Outstanding in Barnet: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Ark Pioneer Academy, The Orion Primary School, St Michael's Catholic Grammar School, Whitings Hill Primary School, St Agnes' Catholic Primary School. Each carries an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade of 1 (Outstanding).
What is the largest top-rated school in Barnet?
Ashmole Academy is the largest top-rated secondary school listed in Barnet, with 1,823 pupils. It is rated Good by Ofsted.
Where does this Barnet schools data come from?
Every school, grade and pupil count is taken directly from Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (as at 31 May 2026), published by Ofsted under the Open Government Licence v3.0. GeraLearn lists the Outstanding and Good schools verbatim — no rating is modelled or estimated.

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Source: Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information, as at 31 May 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Schools listed are those Ofsted currently grades Outstanding or Good; no figure is modelled or estimated by GeraLearn.