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Clarion[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.44 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 44.8[6] 36.8%[6]
2023/24 45.9[4] 40%[4] +0.44[4]
2022/23 39.5[7] 30%[7] +0.10[7]
2021/22 41[8] 34%[8] -0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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] 16.2%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 5%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 2.8%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 2.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
37% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
42% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 87%[15] 52%[15] 5%[15] 25%[15] 0%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 52%[16] 7%[16] 31%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 57%[17] 3%[17] 27%[17] 0%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 43%[18] 5%[18] 40%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
77% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
10% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 71%[20] 1%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 78%[21] 67%[21] 4%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 71%[22] 4%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 75%[23] 3%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 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 74%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 13%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 86%[27] 8%[27] 6%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 3%[28] 3%[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
7 Dec 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
2 Feb 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Feb 2022[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
28 Nov 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
217 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
99 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
150 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 193[32] 59[32] 120[32] 1.6[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 196[32] 77[32] 128[32] 1.5[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 220[32] 73[32] 146[32] 1.5[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 200[32] 60[32] 150[32] 1.3[32] 0.4[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
150 2026-10-14[33]
Sibling priority
Siblings – A sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner, and in every case, the child should be living in the same family unit at the same address. 2026-10-14[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
1052[1]
Trust
WHITEFIELD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
https://www.clarion.school/[1]
District
Barnet[34]
Postcode
NW2 1TR[1]
URN
137361[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
688 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
68.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
10% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
4.5% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.1% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
22.4%[36]
Mixed
11%[36]
Asian
10.2%[36]
Black
18%[36]
Any other ethnic group
38.3%[36]
Unclassified
0.1%[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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    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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    The published admission number for September 2026 is 150. (p. 2)
    3. Siblings - A sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer's partner, and in every case, the child should be living in the same family unit at the same address. (p. 2)
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