Akiva School
Offers reached between 0.58 and 1.64 miles in the last 3 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: London Borough of Barnet offer-day figures, 2023 to 2025.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- School remains Good, July 2023
- Getting in
- Oversubscribed; last offer 0.65 mi (2025)
- Results
- 86% expected standard; 31% higher standard
- Size
- 418 pupils; 59 places a year; classes of 30
- Faith
- Jewish
- Run by
- Barnet council
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 86%, against 72% in Barnet.
- Higher standard: 31%, against 14% in Barnet.
- Oversubscribed: 1.5 first choices for each place (Reception 2026).
- A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
At a glance
Against Barnet and EnglandOverview
Getting in
- A Jewish school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith.
- 90 families put it first for 59 places; 57 of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Quality
- School remains Good
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 86% (England 62%) (county 72%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 31% (England 8%) (county 14%)
Daily life
- Absence: 3.2% of sessions missed; 2.7% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.0% and 6.6%
- Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 0); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 29.9 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
- 20.7 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 59 m, tram or metro 664 m
- 30 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 16.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.7 (1 km square, background level)
Who runs it
- Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Barnet), not by an academy trust.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2025 | 60 | 161 | — | — | 0.65 |
| Reception | 2024 | 60 | 151 | — | — | 1.64 |
| Reception | 2023 | 60 | 152 | — | — | 0.58 |
Source: Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Barnet, 2023 to 2025. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.
Applications and offers, DfE
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 59 | 90 | 175 | 57 |
| Reception | 2025 | 59 | 87 | 161 | 59 |
| Reception | 2024 | 59 | 63 | 151 | 58 |
| Reception | 2023 | 58 | 71 | 152 | 58 |
| Reception | 2022 | 60 | 87 | 188 | 60 |
| Reception | 2021 | 59 | 72 | 175 | 59 |
| Reception | 2020 | 60 | 64 | 126 | 60 |
| Reception | 2019 | 60 | 74 | 158 | 60 |
| Reception | 2018 | 60 | 95 | 183 | 60 |
| Reception | 2017 | 60 | 84 | 167 | 59 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
Results
Results
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 86% | 62% | 72% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 31% | 8% | 14% | 2024/2025 |
Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
League table place
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 17% (14/86) |
Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
Inspections
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2023 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good |
Source: Ofsted, 2023.
Daily life
Absence
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 2.7% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 0.3% |
| 2023/24 | 3.3% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| 2022/23 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 0.4% | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 4.0% | 6.6% |
Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 3115 schools.
Suspensions and exclusions
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 0.7 | 0.2% | 3 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 0.2 |
Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
Class sizes and staff
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 29.9 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 20.7 | November 2025 |
Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 59 |
| tram or metro | 664 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 9 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 16.3 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 14.1 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 8.7 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Pupils
Who goes there
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 0.5% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 13% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 3.3% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 3.3% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 49% | 2025/26 |
Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Barnet), not by an academy trust.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Barnet
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in London and the Barnet league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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