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St Mary's and St John's CofE School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.7 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
541 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
164 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
81 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[4]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
149 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
49 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
55 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[4]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
90 Entry Sept 2027[5]
Sibling priority, 4+ entry
Children with a ‘sibling’ on roll in Years Reception to Year 13 at SMSJ when they apply Entry Sept 2027[5]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
3–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1780[1]
Trust
WREN ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
www.smsj.barnet.sch.uk[1]
District
Barnet[6]
Postcode
NW4 4QR[1]
URN
151504[1]

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

Pupils

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
36.7%[7]
Mixed
9.9%[7]
Asian
19.4%[7]
Black
14.5%[7]
Any other ethnic group
17.8%[7]
Unclassified
1.6%[7]

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

  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: 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.
  4. 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.
  5. smsjschool.reactfiles.co.uk: smsjschool.reactfiles.co.uk — Secondary Admissions Criteria 2027-2028-1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    In the event that there are more applicants than places available , all remaining places, up to the published admission number of 90 Year 7 pupils, will be determined on the basis of the follo wing oversubscription criteria, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in priority order: (p. 1)
    The school has an admissions number of 90 for entry in Year 7. (p. 1)
    Children with a 'sibling'2 on roll in Years Reception to Year 13 at SMSJ when they apply. (p. 2)
  6. 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.
  7. 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.