Queenswell Infant & Nursery School
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School is a community school in Barnet for pupils aged 3 to 7. It has 183 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Queenswell Infant & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.
Ofsted inspection: July 2023.
| Type | Primary / Community school |
| Age Range | 3-7 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Sweets Way Whetstone London N20 0NQ |
| Reference Number | 101312 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 183 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 54.64%
Girls: 45.36% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 28.7% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 71% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 26.5 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 26.5 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, Other | 28.4% |
| White, British | 14.2% |
| African | 6% |
| Mixed, Other | 5.5% |
| Asian, Other | 4.9% |
| White & Asian | 3.8% |
| Indian | 3.3% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 2.2% |
| Pakistani | 2.2% |
| Unclassified | 1.6% |
| White & Black (African) | 1.6% |
| Irish | 1.1% |
| Chinese | 0.5% |
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School is performing well overall, rated as good across all inspected areas. The school community is welcoming and positive, with pupils showing enthusiasm for learning and strong social skills. The leadership team has established a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to express their opinions. Reading is prioritized, with effective phonics teaching ensuring that children develop fluency in their reading from an early age. Overall, the school's structured curriculum and commitment to personal development also stand out as significant strengths.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| > Quality of education | Good |
| > Behaviour & Attitude | Good |
| > Personal Development | Good |
| > Leadership & Management | Good |
| > Early Years Provision | Good |
| Last Report Date | 13 Jun 2023 |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2023 | School inspection: |
| 24 May 2017 | Short inspection |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Full inspection: |
| 08 Dec 2009 | Curriculum and development visit |
| 02 Dec 2008 | Full inspection: |
| 29 Nov 2005 | Full inspection: |
| 11 Oct 1999 | Full inspection |
Strengths
- Pupils are enthusiastic about learning and enjoy coming to school.
- Effective phonics teaching helps pupils to read fluently and develop a love for reading.
- Leaders have established a well-structured and ambitious curriculum.
- Pupils display good behavior and considerateness towards each other.
- Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
- Leaders listen to pupil feedback and provide opportunities for their voices to be heard.
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, knowledge and skills are not consistently checked for retention.
- Occasional misalignment of teaching activities with desired knowledge and skills.
Reception admissions, 2026 entry
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 17 | 4 |
| Third Preference | 17 | 3 |
| From another Local Authority | 1 | 0 |
Previous years
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UnlockPlaces and pupil numbers
In 2024–25 Queenswell Infant & Nursery School had 141 pupils for 180 places. 39 places (21.7%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 6” planning area
Barnet counted 631 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 624 in 2029–30, down 1%.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 270 | 270 | 270 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 240 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 |
| Pupils | 257 | 261 | 256 | 295 | 296 | 276 | 264 | 269 | 233 | 210 | 174 | 177 | 169 | 158 | 141 |
| Unfilled | 4.8% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 8.0% | 12.0% | 10.3% | 22.3% | 30.0% | 27.5% | 1.7% | 6.1% | 12.2% | 21.7% |
Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.
In 2024–25 pupils at Queenswell Infant & Nursery School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.
In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Queenswell Infant & Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.
In 2025–26 Queenswell Infant & Nursery School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 12.7% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 6.6% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 15.6% | 0.0% | 14.4% | 0.0% | 14.9% | 11.4% | 7.5% | 24.4% | 20.0% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 86.7% | 86.7% | 85.7% | 83.3% | 82.4% | 42.9% | 58.8% | 86.7% | 62.5% | – | 50.0% | 45.5% | 70.0% | 38.5% | 50.0% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | – | 11.8 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | – |
Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.
In 2025–26, 8.2% of pupils at Queenswell Infant & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Speech, language and communication needs | 11 | 5 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 0 | 9 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 2 | 0 |
| Social, emotional and mental health | 0 | 2 |
| Down's syndrome | 1 | 0 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 1 | 0 |
Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.
In 2020–21 Queenswell Infant & Nursery School received £6,808 and spent £7,455 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £30,000 (-£145 per pupil).
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £74,000 | £105,000 | -£30,000 |
| per pupil | £315 | £505 | -£145 |
| In-year balance | -£5,000 | £31,000 | -£136,000 |
| per pupil | -£22 | £150 | -£647 |
Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).
| Name | Distance |
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Queenswell Junior School
Sweets Way, Whetstone, London, N20 0NQ |
0 miles |
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All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N20
116 Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone, 116 Oakleigh Road North, London, N20 9EZ |
0.17 miles |
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Alma Primary
Friern Barnet Lane, Whetstone, London, N20 0LP |
0.18 miles |
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St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N20 0PL |
0.3 miles |
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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
2 Oakleigh Park South, Whetstone, London, N20 9JU |
0.37 miles |
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Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre
Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone, London, N20 0DH |
0.51 miles |
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Church Hill School
Burlington Rise, East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8NN |
0.73 miles |
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Northside Primary School
2 Albert Street, North Finchley, London, N12 8JP |
0.86 miles |
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Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School
31 Stanhope Road, Barnet, London, N12 9DX |
0.88 miles |
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St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School
Crescent Road, Friern Barnet, London, N11 3LB |
0.94 miles |
|
Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School
Osidge Lane, Southgate, London, N14 5DU |
0.97 miles |
|
St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet
Littlegrove, East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8SR |
1.03 miles |
|
Woodridge Primary School
Southover, London, N12 7HE |
1.04 miles |
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Holly Park Primary School
Bellevue Road, Friern Barnet, London, N11 3HG |
1.08 miles |
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St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge
The Green, Totteridge, London, N20 8NX |
1.15 miles |
|
Monkfrith Primary School
Knoll Drive, London, N14 5NG |
1.22 miles |
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Summerside Primary Academy
Crossway, Finchley, London, N12 0QU |
1.22 miles |
|
Danegrove Primary School
Windsor Drive, East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8UD |
1.24 miles |
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Hampden Way Nursery School
Hampden Way, London, N14 5DJ |
1.24 miles |
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Brookhill Nursery School
Brookhill Road, Barnet, EN4 8SD |
1.26 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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Orange Tree School
Oakleigh Park North, Whetstone, London, N20 9AR |
0.24 miles |
|
Finchley Catholic High School
Woodside Lane, Finchley, London, N12 8TA |
0.55 miles |
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St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School
North London Business Park, London, N11 1NP |
0.75 miles |
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Oak Hill School
Church Hill Road, East Barnet, London, EN4 8XE |
0.8 miles |
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The Holmewood School
88 Woodside Park Road, London, N12 8SH |
0.88 miles |
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St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
Nether Street, North Finchley, London, N12 7NJ |
0.99 miles |
|
Wren Academy Finchley
Hilton Avenue, North Finchley, London, N12 9HB |
1 miles |
|
Friern Barnet School
Hemington Avenue, Friern Barnet, London, N11 3LS |
1.01 miles |
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Dwight School London
6 Friern Barnet Lane, London, N11 3LX |
1.02 miles |
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Woodhouse College
Woodhouse Road, London, N12 9EY |
1.08 miles |
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Imperial College London Mathematics School
C/O Woodhouse College, Woodhouse Road, London, N12 9EY |
1.08 miles |
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The Compton School
Summers Lane, London, N12 0QG |
1.25 miles |
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East Barnet School
Chestnut Grove, East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8PU |
1.32 miles |
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Oaktree School
Chase Side, Southgate, London, N14 4HN |
1.52 miles |
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The Totteridge Academy
Barnet Lane, Barnet, London, N20 8AZ |
1.53 miles |
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Ashmole Academy
Cecil Road, Southgate, London, N14 5RJ |
1.61 miles |
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Ark Pioneer Academy
Westcombe Drive, Barnet, EN5 2BE |
1.62 miles |
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Focus 1st Academy
339 Bowes Road, New Southgate, London, N11 1BA |
1.73 miles |
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Southgate School
Sussex Way, Cockfosters, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 0BL |
1.87 miles |
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JCoSS
Castlewood Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE |
1.95 miles |
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What is Queenswell Infant & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Queenswell Infant & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.
When was Queenswell Infant & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School was last inspected in July 2023.
How many pupils does Queenswell Infant & Nursery School have?
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School has 183 pupils on roll.
What age range does Queenswell Infant & Nursery School cover?
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.
Where is Queenswell Infant & Nursery School?
Queenswell Infant & Nursery School is at Sweets Way, Whetstone, London, N20 0NQ.