Hadley Wood Primary School
Courtleigh Avenue, Hadley Wood, Barnet, EN4 0HT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fran Worby
- Constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 101994
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084404359
About this school
Hadley Wood Primary School is a community primary school in Barnet. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 206 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 27 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 89% | 100% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 24% | 15% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 100% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 93% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 96% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hadley Wood Primary 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 | Enfield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 59.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 89% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 100% | 65.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 204 |
| 2024/25 | 205 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hadley Wood Primary School compares
Hadley Wood Primary School ranked 1st of 64 primary schools in Enfield for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 100% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 100% | 4.3% | 5.9% | 206 | — |
| Monken Hadley CofE Primary School | 88% | 4.2% | 16.1% | 147 | 0.9 miles |
| Livingstone Primary and Nursery School | 69% | 4.5% | 31.6% | 258 | 1.1 miles |
| Cromer Road Primary School | 63% | 4.5% | 19.3% | 413 | 1.2 miles |
| Trent CofE Primary School | 69% | 4% | 9.6% | 210 | 1.6 miles |
| Oakmere Primary School | 52% | 7.9% | 37% | 226 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.85%
- English as an additional language
- 27.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.32%
- Persistent absence
- 7.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Monken Hadley CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
Livingstone Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
Cromer Road Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
Trent CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
Oakmere Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Potters Bar
Other schools in Barnet
Hadley Wood Primary School ranks 1st of the 14 ranked primary schools in Barnet.
- Christ Church Primary School Primary
- Church Hill School Primary
- Cromer Road Primary School Primary
- Danegrove Primary School Primary
- Foulds School Primary
- Livingstone Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Monken Hadley CofE Primary School Primary
- St Catherine's RC School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet Primary
- Trent CofE Primary School Primary
- Underhill School Primary
- Watling Park School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hadley Wood Primary School teach?
- Hadley Wood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Barnet.
- Who is the headteacher of Hadley Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hadley Wood Primary School is Mrs Fran Worby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hadley Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hadley Wood Primary 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 Hadley Wood Primary School?
- Hadley Wood Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hadley Wood Primary School full?
- Hadley Wood Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 206 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hadley Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hadley Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hadley Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hadley Wood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hadley Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 100% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hadley Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Hadley Wood Primary School ranked 1st of 64 primary schools in Enfield for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 100% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hadley Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Hadley Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hadley Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hadley Wood Primary 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.