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Voluntary aided school · Barnet

Finchley Catholic High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,172Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 101362URN

Woodside Lane, Finchley, London, N12 8TA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.4 below Barnet median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BarnetSelective

439 applications for 180 places · 17th of 27 in Barnet
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
59.5of 90
14th of 28 in Barnet
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

Inspection history

  1. 27 September 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 6 November 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Barnet median (2.8) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

439 applications · 180 places offered · 169 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Barnet median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.5; Barnet median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.1; Barnet median median 3.0
  4. 2023 2.2; Barnet median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.3; Barnet median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.3; Barnet median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.5; Barnet median median 3.2
  8. 2019 2.7; Barnet median median 3.1
  9. 2018 2.7; Barnet median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.6; Barnet median median 3.2
  11. 2016 2.8; Barnet median median 3.2
  12. 2015 2.7; Barnet median median 3.3
  13. 2014 2.7; Barnet median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Barnet median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Barnet median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261804392.41690.94
Sep 20251804412.51560.87
Sep 20241793832.11440.80
Sep 20231763782.21620.92
Sep 20221744062.31540.89
Sep 20211804092.31390.77
Sep 20201804492.51821.01
Sep 20191784882.71770.99
Sep 20181794862.71921.07
Sep 20171774602.61871.06
Sep 20161744922.81831.05
Sep 20151734742.72241.29
Sep 20141794852.71871.04

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

174 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)59.514th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 5 or above in English and maths70%14th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 4 or above in English and maths86%
  • This school
  • Barnet median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.94
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17459.570%86%–
2024/2517362.379%88%–
2023/2417763.277%91%+0.94
2022/2317762.276%86%+1.17

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
101362 · 302/5405
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,172 on roll
Free school meals
14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Woodside Lane, Finchley, London, N12 8TA
Local authority
Barnet

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources