The school opened in September 2016, initially admitting up to 20 children in the Reception Year and 20 pupils in Year 3. In September 2017, pupils in Years 1, 2 and 4 joined the school. This rolling programme will continue until there are up to 280 pupils on roll from Reception to Year 6. At the time of the registration inspection in July 2016, the school was judged likely to meet all of the independent school standards. This is the school’s first standard inspection. The school is part of the Alpha Plus Group Ltd, which in total has 20 other educational Inspection report: St Anthony’s School for Girls, 7–9 November 2017 Page 8 of 11 settings, including nurseries, primary and secondary schools, as well as sixth-form colleges. The school is located in the London Borough of Barnet and overlooks Golders Hill Park. It was formerly home to the ballerina Anna Pavlova and to the London Jewish Cultural Centre. The premises have been refurbished and comprise two buildings. An annex, consisting of a small number of classrooms, is located close to the main building on the opposite side of the pupils’ playground. There is a purpose-built hall and science laboratory. There are 26 pupils on roll currently, four of whom are Reception-aged children. There are no pupils eligible for the pupil premium funding, pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities or children who are looked after by the local authority. St Anthony’s School aims to ‘provide high-quality education in a caring, supportive and Catholic environment, so that each pupil is able to develop fully as an individual, welladjusted to the wider community’. The school welcomes girls of all faiths, cultures, races, nationalities and family backgrounds. The school was set up to complement the provision of another of the Alpha Plus Group schools, St Anthony’s School for Boys.