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Church End Library in Finchley opens to the public

The brand new library at Church End Finchley is now officially open to residents in Barnet.

Silver Week - celebrating the contribution older people make to the local community

Barnet will celebrate Silver Week with an exciting programme of festivities taking place from Sunday 1 to Saturday 7 October.

Pupils celebrate GCSE exam success

Provisional results from 14 of the borough’s 22 state maintained mainstream schools predict that pupils in Barnet are set to once again perform better than the national average.

Pupils celebrate A-level exam success

Provisional A-level results from 17 of the 20 Barnet schools with a sixth form show that students across the borough are once again set to be celebrating exam success.

Join the ‘Animal Agents’ this summer

Children across the borough will have the chance to join the ‘Animal Agents’ for a summer of reading related fun.

Advice on staying safe during the heatwave

With temperatures set to remain high there are a number of practical pointers for vulnerable groups such as older people, young children and those with long term health conditions to help them stay safe.

Building carer-friendly communities

Primary school place offer day

Every child in Barnet whose parent applied on time for a 2017/18 primary school place has received an offer of a place.

BOOST Childs Hill project launched

On 13th April the Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor David Longstaff, accompanied by the Mayoress Gillian Griffiths, cut the ribbon to officially launch the second BOOST project in the borough.

One city, one month, one book

April sees the return of the annual London-wide celebration of reading – Cityread.