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Barnes Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 96% 96% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
96% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
39% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
114 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
112 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 92%[4] 42%[4] 111[4] 111[4]
2022/23 95%[5] 39%[5] 112[5] 111[5]
2018/19 93%[6] 42%[6] 112[6] 109[6]
2017/18 93%[7] 30%[7] 112[7] 109[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Nov 2022[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
15 Jan 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Feb 2020[9] Outstanding Primary School Inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
4.3 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
255 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
107 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
60 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 331[10] 143[10] 60[10] 5.5[10] 2.4[10]
Entry Sept 2024 325[10] 128[10] 59[10] 5.5[10] 2.2[10]
Entry Sept 2023 323[10] 134[10] 60[10] 5.4[10] 2.2[10]
Entry Sept 2022 318[10] 118[10] 60[10] 5.3[10] 2.0[10]

Furthest distance offered (proximity)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 0.557 km[11]
Entry Sept 2025 0.398 km[11]
Entry Sept 2024 0.445 km[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
480[1]
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames[1]
Website
www.barnesprimaryschool.co.uk[1]
District
Richmond upon Thames[12]
Postcode
SW13 0QQ[1]
URN
102902[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
468 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
16.7% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
9.8% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
2.8% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
2.2% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
77.9%[14]
Mixed
9.1%[14]
Asian
10.9%[14]
Black
0.6%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[14]
Unclassified
0.2%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. hubb-production.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com: hubb-production.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com — Richmond Prim Jun How Places were offered 2024 2026 for publication 2024-2026(2) (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    2026 (60) 0 2 0 25 0 33 0.557 km 0.557 km * 1 (0) (p. 1)
    2025 (60) 0 0 1 33 0 26 0.398 km 0.398 km * 0 (p. 1)
    Barnes Primary School 2024 (60) 1 0 0 26 1 32 0.384 km 0.445 km 0 (p. 1)
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.