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St James' Catholic High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.32 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51.4[6] 55.8%[6]
2023/24 50.7[4] 55.5%[4] +0.32[4]
2022/23 50.6[7] 51%[7] +0.27[7]
2021/22 49.2[8] 51%[8] -0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 12.5%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 18.2%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 21.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
14% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 48%[15] 13%[15] 31%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 60%[16] 11%[16] 18%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 73%[17] 10%[17] 15%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 55%[18] 13%[18] 25%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 72%[20] 74%[20] 5%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 69%[21] 73%[21] 4%[21] 18%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 70%[22] 75%[22] 3%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 58%[23] 64%[23] 8%[23] 21%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 86%[25] 23%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 70%[27] 19%[27] 16%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 25%[28] 19%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 May 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
23 Jun 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
456 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
135 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
210 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 424[31] 93[31] 177[31] 2.4[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 475[31] 142[31] 210[31] 2.3[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 478[31] 144[31] 230[31] 2.1[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 490[31] 137[31] 240[31] 2.0[31] 0.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.st-james.barnet.sch.uk[1]
District
Barnet[32]
Postcode
NW9 5PE[1]
URN
101364[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1254 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
64.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.1%[34]
Mixed
8.8%[34]
Asian
13.4%[34]
Black
22%[34]
Any other ethnic group
6.2%[34]
Unclassified
0.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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