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Alma Primary

Primary Free school in London N20 0LP

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  • School Reference Number: 139562
  • Address: Friern Barnet Lane, Whetstone, London N20 0LP
  • Head: Mr Marc Shoffren
  • Telephone: 020 8343 9988
  • Website: almaprimary.org
  • Managing Organisation: ALMA PRIMARY
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: Free schools
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 210
  • Local Education Authority: Barnet
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 4 to 11
  • Religious Ethos: Jewish
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2013* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 11/07/2023

Rating published on 05/10/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
11 July 2023 6 October 2023 School inspection Good
21 May 2019 20 June 2019 Short inspection
3 June 2015 10 July 2015 Full inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number139562
Local Authority Code302
Local Authority NameBarnet
Establishment Number2020
School / College NameAlma Primary
Establishment Type Code35
Establishment typeFree schools
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date02-09-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low4
Age range High11
Boarders Code0
BoardersNot applicable
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code05
Religious characterJewish
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity210
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils194
Number of Boys94
Number of Girls100
Percentage Free School Meals5.70
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code2119
Academy trust or TrustALMA PRIMARY
School Sponsor Flag-
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10041642
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
StreetFriern Barnet Lane
LocalityWhetstone
Address3
TownLondon
County (name)
PostcodeN20 0LP
Websitealmaprimary.org
Telephone02083439988
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameMarc
Headteacher/Principal last nameShoffren
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHead
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeH
Government Office RegionLondon
District CodeE09000003
DistrictBarnet
Ward CodeE05013650
WardWhetstone
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001169
Parliamentary ConstituencyChipping Barnet
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE09000003
Easting526478
Northing193650
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Barnet 008
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Barnet 008D
Inspectorate NameOfsted
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN200221078
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02000031
LSOA CodeE01000281
Free School Meals11
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN139562
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139562
LAESTAB3022020
School nameAlma Primary
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationFree School
School open date02/09/2013
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterJewish
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingJewish
Ofsted regionLondon
RegionLondon
Local authorityBarnet
Parliamentary constituencyChipping Barnet
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeN20 0LP
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile1
Total number of pupils194
Statutory lowest age4
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10240941
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date11/07/2023
Publication date05/10/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection139562
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection3022020
School name at time of latest graded inspectionAlma Primary
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFree School
Current school type used for chart C6Free school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS450277
Previous inspection start date03/06/2015
Previous publication date10/07/2015
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection139562
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection3022020
School name at time of previous graded inspectionAlma Primary
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFree School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionGood
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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