St Mary's and St John's CofE School
All-through · London · NW4 4QR
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 28 February 2024
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1,651 pupils · 93% of 1,780 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.smsj.barnet.sch.uk
- URN
- 151504
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.89 first-choice applications per place55 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
2.02 first-choice applications per place81 places offered · 164 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council does not publish a cutoff distance for this school.
Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.42 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.