School Closure in Barnet – St Mary’s High School

The Governors at Mary’s High School (Hendon) have issued a formal notice closure of the School. http://www.st-maryshigh.barnet.sch.uk/clients/www.st-maryshigh.barnet.sch.uk/uploads/doc/statnotice.pdf

The School now enters a 6 week formal consultation period, and full closure will take place in July/August 2016.

St Mary’s C of E (Hendon) dates back to 1707. 

The reasons why  according to the consultation document “St Mary’s has good teaching and some students achieve very well at the school however the school is not a popular choice for parents and in recent years the school has become undersubscribed. The school is reaching a point where it is no longer viable to continue.”. At the moment there are only 75 children in Year 7 at St Mary’s High School. (150 capacity)

The nearby St Mary’s and St John’s School (C of E) plans to expand and become an all-age school to cater for children from Reception right through to 18 years old. If St Mary’s closes, this means that St Mary’s and St John’s will grow and take over the Sunningfields Road and the Downage sites that currently make up St Marys.

The expanded St Mary’s and St John’s School could be able to cater for 120 students in each year group.