Whitings Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 2QY
10 reasons to choose Whitings Hill Primary School
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Whitings Hill Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Barnet and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Whitings Hill Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Whitings Hill Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Whitings Hill Primary School ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 14% of schools.
The Whitings Hill Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Whitings Hill Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Whitings Hill Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 5.45pm.
Find another school near Whitings Hill Primary School
Lyonsdown School (2 miles); Mill Hill School, Belmont and Grimsdell (3.2 miles); Dwight School London Lower School (3.5 miles).
Christ Church Primary School (1.2 miles); Foulds School (1.2 miles); St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School, Barnet (1.3 miles).
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School (1 mile); Mount House School (St Martha’s School) (2 miles); Mill Hill School (3.6 miles).
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet (0.8 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School (1.2 miles); JCoSS (3 miles).