Mapledown School
Claremont Road, Cricklewood, London, NW2 1TR
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sandra Chaaya
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 101397
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084554111
About this school
Mapledown School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 114 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 29 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good and saw signs of improvement; a full inspection will follow. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mapledown School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 114 |
| 2023/24 | 114 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.32%
- English as an additional language
- 66.7%
- Overall absence
- 14.46%
- Persistent absence
- 45.33%
Location
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Common questions
- What year groups does Mapledown School teach?
- Mapledown School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Mapledown School?
- The headteacher of Mapledown School is Mrs Sandra Chaaya, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mapledown School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mapledown School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mapledown School?
- Mapledown School has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Mapledown School full?
- Mapledown School has capacity for 90 pupils and 114 on roll (127%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mapledown School a faith school?
- No. Mapledown School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Mapledown School have?
- The schools register lists Mapledown School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Mapledown School's absence rate?
- Mapledown School's overall absence rate is 14.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mapledown School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mapledown School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.