Menorah Foundation School
2-8 Abbots Road, Edgware, HA8 0QS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Headteacher
- Mrs Holli Hunter
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hendon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 400
- Pupils on roll
- 300
- URN
- 131359
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089069992
About this school
Menorah Foundation School is a Jewish voluntary aided primary school in Edgware. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 300 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Menorah Foundation School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 51 | 52 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 85% | 96% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 12% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 92% | 96% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 92% | 98% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 98% | 96% | 98% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Menorah Foundation 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 | Barnet average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88% | 68.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 70.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 96% | 70% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 370 |
| 2023/24 | 345 |
| 2024/25 | 320 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Menorah Foundation School compares
Menorah Foundation School ranked 2nd of 86 primary schools in Barnet for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% 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 | 96% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 300 | — |
| Watling Park School | 55% | 5.4% | 49.5% | 400 | 0.2 miles |
| The Annunciation RC Junior School | 71% | 4.7% | 27.8% | 217 | 0.4 miles |
| Deansbrook Junior School | 95% | 5.3% | 34.5% | 253 | 0.4 miles |
| Deansbrook Infant School | — | 7.7% | 29.3% | 212 | 0.4 miles |
| The Annunciation Catholic Infant School | — | 6% | 27.3% | 177 | 0.4 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)
- 3.78%
- English as an additional language
- 19.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 5.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Watling Park School0.2 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
The Annunciation RC Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Edgware
-
Deansbrook Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Deansbrook Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
The Annunciation Catholic Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Edgware
Other schools in Edgware
Menorah Foundation School ranks 1st of the 14 ranked primary schools in Edgware.
- Barnfield Primary School Primary
- Beit Shvidler Primary School Primary
- Camrose Primary With Nursery Primary
- Edgware Primary School Primary
- Goldbeaters Primary School Primary
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Primary
- Rosh Pinah Primary School Primary
- Saracens Broadfields Primary
- Shalom Noam Primary School Primary
- Stag Lane Primary School Primary
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School Primary
- The Annunciation RC Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Menorah Foundation School teach?
- Menorah Foundation School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Edgware.
- Who is the headteacher of Menorah Foundation School?
- The headteacher of Menorah Foundation School is Mrs Holli Hunter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Menorah Foundation School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Menorah Foundation 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 many pupils are at Menorah Foundation School?
- Menorah Foundation School has 300 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Menorah Foundation School full?
- Menorah Foundation School has capacity for 400 pupils and 300 on roll (75%), so it has space against 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 Menorah Foundation School a faith school?
- Yes. Menorah Foundation School is designated Jewish.
- Does Menorah Foundation School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Menorah Foundation School as having nursery classes.
- How have Menorah Foundation School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 88% in 2022/23 and 96% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Menorah Foundation School compare with other schools in Barnet?
- Menorah Foundation School ranked 2nd of 86 primary schools in Barnet for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% 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 Menorah Foundation School's absence rate?
- Menorah Foundation School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Menorah Foundation School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Menorah Foundation 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 30 June 2026.