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St Mary's and St John's CofE School

All-through · London · NW4 4QR

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 February 2024

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At a glance

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 place

55 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 place

81 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.3
England 18.5

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.

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