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East Barnet School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.16 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 53[6] 57.3%[6]
2023/24 52[4] 59.1%[4] +0.16[4]
2022/23 54.7[7] 65%[7] +0.27[7]
2021/22 53.3[8] 55%[8] +0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.3% 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 B-[10] 15.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 8.5%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 18.7%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 16.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 66%[15] 4%[15] 20%[15] 3%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 74%[16] 1%[16] 18%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 68%[17] 5%[17] 18%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 59%[18] 5%[18] 27%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
66% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 65%[20] 69%[20] 2%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 67%[21] 72%[21] 5%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 55%[22] 64%[22] 2%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 60%[23] 63%[23] 4%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
20% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 81%[26] 33%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 30%[25] 20%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 30%[27] 25%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 28%[28] 26%[28] 0%[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
6 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
8 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Mar 2022[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
7 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
786 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
213 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
200 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 874[32] 228[32] 200[32] 4.4[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 848[32] 220[32] 230[32] 3.7[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 829[32] 210[32] 218[32] 3.8[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 876[32] 219[32] 217[32] 4.0[32] 1.0[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
220 Entry Sept 2026[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1445[1]
Trust
EAST BARNET SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
www.eastbarnetschool.com[1]
District
Barnet[34]
Postcode
EN4 8PU[1]
URN
136658[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1427 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
33.4% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
12.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
5.5% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.6% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.2%[36]
Mixed
14%[36]
Asian
6.8%[36]
Black
6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
4.5%[36]
Unclassified
2.6%[36]

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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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2025/26 and all Year 7 thereafter. (p. 1)
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