The Windmill School
Moxon Street, Barnet, EN5 5TS
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BARNET SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ginny D’Odorico
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 143758
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02030623600
About this school
The Windmill School is a special academy in Barnet. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 63 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected The Windmill School under its current framework. 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
The Windmill School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2023, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 17% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 17% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 1 |
| 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 The Windmill 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 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 40 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 13.72%
- Persistent absence
- 51.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School0.1 miles
Independent schools · Barnet
-
Mount House School0.7 miles
Independent schools · Barnet
-
Lyonsdown School0.9 miles
Independent schools
-
Pavilion Study Centre1.9 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Orange Tree School2.0 miles
Special schools · London
Other schools in Barnet
- Brookhill Nursery School Nursery
- St Margaret's Nursery School Nursery
- Christ Church Primary School Primary
- Church Hill School Primary
- Cromer Road Primary School Primary
- Danegrove Primary School Primary
- Foulds School Primary
- Hadley Wood Primary 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
Common questions
- What year groups does The Windmill School teach?
- The Windmill School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Barnet.
- Who is the headteacher of The Windmill School?
- The headteacher of The Windmill School is Mrs Ginny D’Odorico, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Windmill School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Windmill School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is The Windmill School?
- The Windmill School has 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is The Windmill School full?
- The Windmill School has capacity for 90 pupils and 63 on roll (70%), 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 The Windmill School a faith school?
- No. The Windmill School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Windmill School?
- The Windmill School is part of BARNET SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is The Windmill School's absence rate?
- The Windmill School's overall absence rate is 13.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Windmill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Windmill 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 2 July 2026.