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East Barnet School

Secondary · Barnet · EN4 8PU

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 6 May 2026 · report published 8 June 2026

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At a glance

1,448 pupils · 100% of 1,445 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.eastbarnetschool.com
URN
136658

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 213 families named it first for 200 Year 7 places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.769 miles; distance decided places in 11 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. At its report-card inspection on 6 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

200 places offered · 213 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.769 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.769 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

220 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
53
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
36.9
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school53
Median of its 12 closest peers55.3
Barnet average58.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Prendergast Ladywell SchoolLewisham · 14 miles awayNot yet graded49.2
Ruislip High SchoolRuislip · 12 miles awayOutstanding54.1
Chestnut Grove AcademyLondon · 14 miles awayGood55.1
Croxley Danes SchoolRickmansworth · 12 miles awayExpected standard51.3
The Kingston AcademyKingston upon Thames · 16 miles awayOutstanding62.8
Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolBristol · 106 miles awayGood54.6
Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary SchoolRichmond · 14 miles awayStrong standard57
Holland Park SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayStrong standard59.4
St Crispin's SchoolWokingham · 33 miles awayExpected standard51.7
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayExceptional67.2
Harris Academy Chafford HundredGrays · 22 miles awayOutstanding55.5
Highgate Wood Secondary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayExpected standard56.3

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Barnet 23%, England 59%) · Any other White background 23% (Barnet 20%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Barnet 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Barnet 12%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Barnet 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Barnet 8%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Barnet 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Barnet 1%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.56 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 9.29 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 2.53% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £61,857; 9.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,598
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £58,000; in-year balance -£19,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
66%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
12%
Any sustained destination
83%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.9%62.3%
Social housing4.1%17.1%
Privately rented18.9%20.5%
Detached houses8.9%22.9%
Flats17.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000172 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,000377 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£780,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (41)£890,000
Semi-detached (147)£740,000
Terraced (83)£619,000
Flat (106)£360,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
28an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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