Contested schools in Barnet

These are the Barnet schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Barnet

Secondary schools (21)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Barnet, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet	192	432	2.25
St Mary's and St John's CofE School	81	164	2.02
Wren Academy Finchley	113	215	1.90
The Henrietta Barnett School	120	220	1.83
JCoSS	170	306	1.80
The Archer Academy	147	244	1.66
Hasmonean High School for Boys	63	94	1.49
Menorah High School for Girls	53	75	1.42
Mill Hill County High School	232	324	1.40
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School	127	177	1.39
Ashmole Academy	252	347	1.38
East Barnet School	200	213	1.06
The Compton School	204	204	1
Ark Pioneer Academy	170	167	0.98
Hasmonean High School for Girls	85	83	0.98
Finchley Catholic High School	180	169	0.94
London Academy	150	128	0.85
The Totteridge Academy	167	128	0.77
Christ's College Finchley	164	120	0.73
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School	204	146	0.72
Saracens High School	170	123	0.72

Primary schools (45)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Barnet, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Livingstone Primary and Nursery School	28	67	2.39
Ashmole Primary School	60	115	1.92
Wren Academy Finchley	57	106	1.86
Monken Hadley CofE Primary School	20	33	1.65
Rimon Jewish Primary School	30	49	1.63
Chalgrove Primary School	28	45	1.61
St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School	29	46	1.59
Akiva School	59	90	1.53
Courtland School	30	46	1.53
The Hyde School	60	92	1.53
Independent Jewish Day School	30	42	1.40
Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School	59	76	1.29
Goldbeaters Primary School	58	73	1.26
Menorah Primary School for Boys	30	37	1.23
Shalom Noam Primary School	29	35	1.21
Foulds School	44	53	1.20
Sunnyfields Primary School	30	36	1.20
Woodridge Primary School	30	36	1.20
Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School	31	37	1.19
Whitings Hill Primary School	60	71	1.18
Beit Shvidler Primary School	29	34	1.17
St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge	30	35	1.17
Menorah Primary School for Girls	28	32	1.14
London Academy	30	33	1.10
Pardes House Primary School	52	56	1.08
Manorside Primary School	29	31	1.07
Trent CofE Primary School	30	32	1.07
Beis Yaakov Primary School	58	61	1.05
St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet	29	30	1.03
Woodcroft Primary School	30	31	1.03
St Catherine's RC School	60	61	1.02
The Orion Primary School	119	120	1.01
Menorah Foundation School	30	30	1
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School	60	60	1
Northside Primary School	30	28	0.93
Monkfrith Primary School	59	54	0.92
Moss Hall Infant School	91	81	0.89
Barnfield Primary School	58	51	0.88
Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre	23	19	—
Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School	25	20	0.80
Colindale Primary School	89	67	0.75
St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School	26	19	—
Brookland Infant and Nursery School	83	56	0.67
St Paul's CofE Primary School NW7	24	15	—
Cromer Road Primary School	58	34	0.59

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.