Watling Park SchoolShalom Noam Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Watling Park School and Shalom Noam Primary School are primary schools.

  • Watling Park School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Shalom Noam Primary School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Shalom Noam Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Watling Park School was judged Good and Shalom Noam Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 55.0% for Watling Park School and 74.0% for Shalom Noam Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Watling Park School (44.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Shalom Noam Primary School (83.0% in 2022-23, 74.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Watling Park School versus Shalom Noam Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BarnetWatling Park SchoolEdgwareShalom Noam Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking74th of 90 in Barnet 20th of 90 in Barnet Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFree schools Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll404 231
Capacity420 235
LocationBarnet, HA8 9YA Edgware, HA8 0AJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard55.0% 74.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 16.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census404 231
Free school meals (ever 6)49.5% 2.9%
English as an additional language81.7% 19.9%
SEN support11.4% 13.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.7% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 4.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.1% 10.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Watling Park School

Shalom Noam Primary School

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