Barnet maintained schools and nurseries to benefit from windfall funding

Published: 5th February 2024

Barnet primary, secondary and special schools and maintained nurseries are due to receive net windfalls of around £17,000 each for the next two years following a decision at Barnet Council.

The money has become available because Barnet Council Pension Fund, into which local authority maintained school support staff across the borough pay, is doing well and is currently funded at 127 per cent required levels.

Barnet Council’s Pension Committee has agreed to give relevant Barnet schools an ‘easement’ for two years. On average schools can pay £17,000 less each year for the next two years in employers’ pension contributions, releasing funds for other purposes. The actual windfall for each institution will depend on how many of their support staff employees pay into the Barnet Council pension fund.

The Pension Committee finalised the move at its Thursday 1 February meeting.

Reverend Robin Sims Williams, Chair of governors of All Saints School in Child’s Hill, said: “It’s been a really tough few years for schools given how restricted government funds are. This boost will make a real difference to schools like ours.”

Chair of the Pension Committee, Cllr Simon Radford, said: “Our school governors, teachers, administrators and support staff have worked so hard for us all in recent years.

“We were delighted to be able to give something back to these absolute heroes.”

Cabinet Member for Family Friendly Barnet, Cllr Pauline Coakley-Webb, said: “At a time when all public services are cash-strapped, we must find ways to help each other. I am delighted Barnet Council is supporting our local schools in this way.”

The following Barnet schools and maintained nurseries will benefit from the additional funding:

School	Status of School
Akiva	Voluntary aided
All Saints N20	Voluntary aided
All Saints NW2	Voluntary aided
Annunciation Inf	Voluntary aided
Annunciation Jun	Voluntary aided
Barnfield	Community
Beis Yaakov	Voluntary aided
Beit Shvidler	Voluntary aided
Bell Lane	Community
BEYA (Brookhill, Hampden Way, St Margaret’s Nurseries)	Community
Blessed Dominic	Voluntary aided
Brookland Inf	Community
Brookland Jun	Community
Brunswick Park	Community
Chalgrove	Community
Childs Hill	Community
Christchurch JMI	Voluntary aided
Church Hill	Community
Colindale	Community
Coppetts Wood	Community
Courtland	Community
Cromer Road	Community
Danegrove	Community
Deansbrook Inf	Community
Dollis Primary	Community
Edgware Primary	Community
Fairway	Community
Finchley Catholic High	Voluntary aided
Foulds	Community
Friern Barnet	Community
Frith Manor	Community
Garden Suburb Inf	Community
Garden Suburb Jun	Community
Goldbeaters	Community
Hasmonean Pri	Voluntary aided
Hollickwood	Foundation
Holly Park	Community
Holy Trinity	Voluntary aided
JCoSS	Voluntary aided
Livingstone	Community
Manorside	Community
Mapledown	Community
Martin Primary School	Community
Mathilda Marks Kennedy	Voluntary aided
Menorah Foundation	Voluntary aided
Menorah High	Voluntary aided
Menorah Primary for Girls	Voluntary aided
Menorah Primary for Boys	Voluntary aided
Monken Hadley CE	Voluntary aided
Monkfrith	Community
Moss Hall Inf	Community
Moss Hall Jun	Community
Moss Hall Nursery	Community
Northgate	Community
Northside	Community
Northway	Community
Oakleigh	Community
Orion	Community
Osidge JMI	Foundation
Our Lady of Lourdes	Voluntary aided
Pardes House	Voluntary aided
Pavilion Study Centre	Community
Queenswell Inf	Community
Queenswell Jun	Community
Rosh Pinah	Voluntary aided
Sacred Heart	Voluntary aided
Shalom Noam Primary	Voluntary aided
St Agnes RC	Voluntary aided
St Andrews CE	Voluntary aided
St Catherines RC	Voluntary aided
St James’ Catholic High	Voluntary aided
St Johns CE N11	Voluntary aided
St Johns CE N20	Voluntary aided
St Josephs RC Primary	Voluntary aided
St Marys & St Johns Primary	Voluntary aided
St Marys CE EN4	Voluntary aided
St Marys CE N3	Voluntary aided
St Michaels Cath Gram	Voluntary aided
St Pauls CE N11	Voluntary aided
St Pauls CE NW7	Voluntary aided
St Theresas RC	Voluntary aided
St Vincents RC	Voluntary aided
Sunnyfields	Community
Trent	Voluntary aided
Tudor	Community
Underhill School	Community
Wessex Gardens	Community
Whitings Hill	Community
Woodcroft Primary	Community
Woodridge	Community