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Children of school age (5-16) must be in education, either in a school or in elective home education. Our Children Missing from Education (CME) Officers offer advice and support to families about the availability of school places, working alongside colleagues in admissions. They can help to secure school places for children new to Barnet or those whose parents have rejected offers made to them from the Admissions Team.

A School Travel Plan is a document produced by a school that promotes sustainable ways for the whole school community to travel to and from school. It encourages walking, cycling, car sharing and public transport use and aims to reduce the number of car journeys to and from schools. All schools are encouraged to have a School Travel Plan that is kept up-to-date. If you can ask for a copy of the most recent School Travel Plan from the school.

Apply for vehicular access approval/consent Prior to forming or modifying a vehicular access connecting to the public highway it is necessary to obtain approval from the Local Highways Authority (London Borough of Barnet). To carry out such work without first applying for and being granted approval/consent by the Local Highways Authority is an offence under The Highways Act 1980 and may result in a prosecution.

The Woodhouse area of Finchley began with three houses called the Woodhouses sometime before 1655, which had become one house by the mid 18th century. It was home to the well-known plasterer Thomas Collins. In 1925 it became Woodhouse Grammar School.

Reception, Year 1 and 2 All pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 in state funded schools in England are eligible for free school meals. This includes academies, free schools and pupil referral units as well as maintained schools. Other year groups Children in key stages 3 and 4 in state funded schools may be eligible for Free School Meals if their parents or carers are in receipt of the following benefits:

The Barnet Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) has developed a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). This is a statutory responsibility, as set out under the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013 No. 349) and amended in 2014 (SI 2014 No. 417). A PNA is a document which records the assessment of the need for pharmaceutical services within a specific area.  As such, it sets out:

A range of environmental issues can arise from new developments. Environmental health and planning work together to manage the impact of new developments on the surrounding environment. Quite often planning conditions can be introduced to reduce the impact of new developments on the surrounding environment. We advise on some of the planning conditions required. If you have concerns about environmental issues relating to a new development please contact the Scientific Services Department.

Shortly before 1300 a new road north out of London was made through Finchley, which we now call the High Road. At the bottom of the hill just where the railway crosses the road there was a bridge, later called Hanson's Bridge (1444), over a stream called Mutton Brook. The road was improved in 1712. It passed up the hill from Hanson's Bridge to Fortis Green Road. We now call this part of the road Stag Hill, but it was formally New Gate Lane.