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St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School

Secondary · London · N11 1NP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 24 April 2024

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At a glance

554 pupils · 53% of 1,050 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Greek Orthodox
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.standrewtheapostle.org.uk/
URN
139410

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 113 Year 7 places, 0.50 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 1.18 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 24 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.50 first-choice applications per place

113 places offered · 56 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.18 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
51.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
59%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.8
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-) C
30.1
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school51.6
Median of its 12 closest peers41.8
Barnet average58.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
Laureate AcademyHemel Hempstead · 17 miles awayGood41.7
Hornsey School for GirlsLondon · 3 miles awayGood49.7
Lodge Park AcademyCorby · 65 miles awayNeeds attention33.5
Armthorpe AcademyDoncaster · 138 miles awayRequires improvement39.5
Leigh Academy EbbsfleetSwanscombe · 24 miles awayGood42.5
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe · 136 miles awayGood47.8
Eden Boys' School, PrestonPreston · 182 miles awayOutstanding49.8
Meadow Park SchoolCoventry · 77 miles awayRequires improvement34.9
Greyfriars Catholic SchoolOxford · 47 miles awayGood34
Thomas More Catholic SchoolPurley · 19 miles awayGood (2019)42.1
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreSouthport · 183 miles awayGood41.8
Global AcademyMiddlesex · 14 miles awayGood30.8

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 35% (Barnet 20%, England 7%) · White British 20% (Barnet 23%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Barnet 12%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Barnet 7%, England 3%) · Not recorded 7% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · Black African 7% (Barnet 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Barnet 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Barnet 8%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

18.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 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
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £57,168; 19.4% 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£10,444
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 19% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£201,000; in-year balance +£2,000

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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
95%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
66%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
7%
Any sustained destination
79%

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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.6%62.3%
Social housing3.7%17.1%
Privately rented28.7%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats26.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000123 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£600,000351 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£472,500–£740,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£927,500
Semi-detached (126)£728,000
Terraced (116)£589,000
Flat (93)£340,000

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
34an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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