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Copthall School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.9% 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 47.4[6] 39.8%[6]
2023/24 48.7[4] 51.5%[4] +0.44[4]
2022/23 49.5[7] 52%[7] +0.67[7]
2021/22 48[8] 49%[8] +0.27[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.7% 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] 2.4%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 8.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 3.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 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 94%[15] 59%[15] 11%[15] 21%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 75%[16] 2%[16] 16%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 71%[17] 7%[17] 12%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 69%[18] 10%[18] 13%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
52% 2022/23[19]
Education
58% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 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 80%[20] 54%[20] 63%[20] 6%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 71%[21] 81%[21] 2%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 76%[22] 81%[22] 3%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 80%[23] 60%[23] 68%[23] 2%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 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 83%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 16%[25] 13%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 22%[27] 20%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 73%[28] 8%[28] 8%[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
8 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
14 Dec 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 May 2018[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
196 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
60 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
113 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 201[32] 59[32] 125[32] 1.6[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 268[32] 83[32] 157[32] 1.7[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 341[32] 105[32] 179[32] 1.9[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 348[32] 129[32] 180[32] 1.9[32] 0.7[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
COPTHALL SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.copthallschool.org.uk/[1]
District
Barnet[33]
Postcode
NW7 2EP[1]
URN
138685[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
861 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
83.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.2% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
9.7%[35]
Mixed
18.3%[35]
Asian
12.9%[35]
Black
9.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
48%[35]
Unclassified
1.6%[35]

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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    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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