Cromwell Road School was established in The Freehold in 1866 and was one of the first schools in Friern Barnet.
The earliest records held at St Peter-le-Poer Church are admission registers for Cromwell Road CE School from 1868. Cromwell Road National, later St Peters opened in 1866 and was so called after moving to new premises in Sydney Road in 1868.
It served a poor neighbourhood and until about 1879 standards were very low. In 1920 the school again received a very bad report and was overcrowded.
The number of boys and girls rose from 50 in 1869 to 424 in 1914. Additional classrooms were added in 1877, 1897 and 1907 and infants moved top a separate school in 1906. There was a slight fall in numbers until 1930 when it was designated a senior mixed school for 200.
In 1938 the Middlesex Education Committee declared that it must be rebuilt but it was bombed in the war and not reopened.
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Cromwell Road School was established in The Freehold in 1866 and was one of the first schools in Friern Barnet.
