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The Totteridge Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 61 60.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
60.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
74.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
43.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.32 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 58.2[6] 71.2%[6]
2023/24 60.4[4] 76.3%[4] +1.32[4]
2022/23 55.8[7] 72%[7] +0.88[7]
2021/22 58.5[8] 69%[8] +1.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
18.9% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B+[9] 25.6%[9]
2022/23 C+[10] 12.5%[10]
2021/22 B-[11] 12.5%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[13] 53%[13] 6%[13] 23%[13] 1%[13] 3%[13]
2020/21 85%[14] 35%[14] 6%[14] 27%[14] 6%[14] 11%[14]
2019/20 92%[15] 41%[15] 13%[15] 35%[15] 0%[15] 3%[15]
2018/19 90%[16] 17%[16] 22%[16] 47%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
75% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education
54% 2022/23[17]
Education
54% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[17]
Employment
14% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[18] 60%[18] 64%[18] 0%[18] 16%[18]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2021/22[19]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[19]

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
25 Nov 2025[20]
Type
S5 Inspection[20]
Report published
19 Jan 2026[20]
Inclusion
Exceptional[20]
Achievement
Exceptional[20]
Safeguarding standards
Met[20]
Curriculum and teaching
Exceptional[20]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[20]
Leadership and governance
Exceptional[20]
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional[20]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[20]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Nov 2024[21] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[21] No overall grade[21]
6 Mar 2019[22] Academy First Section 5[22] Good[22]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.4 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Applications (any preference)
896 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences
128 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Places offered
167 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 975[23] 211[23] 172[23] 5.7[23] 1.2[23]
Entry Sept 2024 917[23] 164[23] 170[23] 5.4[23] 1.0[23]
Entry Sept 2023 834[23] 166[23] 174[23] 4.8[23] 1.0[23]
Entry Sept 2022 762[23] 161[23] 174[23] 4.4[23] 0.9[23]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 2026-10-14[24]
Sibling priority
Children with an older sibling currently attending The Totteridge Academy in one of Years 7 to 12 and who will continue to do so in one of Years 8 to 13 on the point of admission into the Academy. 2026-10-14[24]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.thetotteridgeacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Barnet[25]
Postcode
N20 8AZ[1]
URN
144502[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1003 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language
36.8% 2024/25[26]
SEN support
20.2% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.3% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
62.8%[27]
Mixed
13.5%[27]
Asian
7%[27]
Black
7%[27]
Any other ethnic group
8.4%[27]
Unclassified
1.2%[27]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
Pupils in this school achieve extremely well.[28]
Warmth
There is a true sense of community at The Totteridge Academy.[28]
Pastoral care
The school has an expert team of trained professionals, therapists and mentors who work effectively with pupils to break down barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.[28]
Behaviour
Pupils across the school are entirely self-disciplined and respectful. Pupils' focus in lessons is exemplary.[28]
Learning support
The school places inclusion at the heart of its work, ensuring that pupils who may face barriers to learning flourish. For example, pupils benefit from the ‘inclusion lunch club’, which provides a quiet space at social times.[28]
Enrichment
Pupils relish the school’s well-structured and remarkable personal development offer. The experiences that pupils have in growing their own food, equine therapy and learning the curriculum through a different lens are truly unique.[28]
Pupil voice
such as visits to lectures and conferences, running student societies and completing charitable works that support the local community[28]
Collaboration
As part of this offer, pupils are taught to work together and to learn new skills.[28]
Structure
Leaders have very high expectations of pupils' behaviour and attendance.[28]
Sport
A wide range of well-attended clubs, from cross-stitch to drama and many sports, broadens pupils’ interests.[28]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. thetotteridgeacademy.org.uk: thetotteridgeacademy.org.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The published admission number for Year 7 is 180. (p. 1)
    Children with an older sibling currently attending The Totteridge Academy in one of Years 7 to 12 and who will continue to do so in one of Years 8 to 13 on the point of admission into the Academy. (p. 1)
  25. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  26. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  27. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  28. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (13)
    A wide range of well-attended clubs, from cross-stitch to drama and many sports, broadens pupils' interests (p. 4)
    There is a true sense of community at The Totteridge Academy (p. 6)
    Pupils in this school achieve extremely well (p. 2)
    The school has an expert team of trained professionals, therapists and mentors who work effectively with pupils to break down barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing (p. 6)
    Pupils across the school are entirely self-disciplined and respectful (p. 4)
    Pupils' focus in lessons is exemplary (p. 4)
    Leaders have very high expectations of pupils' behaviour and attendance (p. 4)
    Pupils relish the school's well-structured and remarkable personal development offer (p. 4)
    The experiences that pupils have in growing their own food, equine therapy and learning the curriculum through a different lens are truly unique (p. 4)
    such as visits to lectures and conferences, running student societies and completing charitable works that support the local community (p. 5)
    As part of this offer, pupils are taught to work together and to learn new skills (p. 6)
    The school places inclusion at the heart of its work, ensuring that pupils who may face barriers to learning flourish (p. 2)
    For example, pupils benefit from the 'inclusion lunch club', which provides a quiet space at social times (p. 3)