Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BarnetSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry421 applications · 150 places offered · 128 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Barnet median median 2.8
- 2025 2.4; Barnet median median 2.5
- 2024 2.3; Barnet median median 3.0
- 2023 2.5; Barnet median median 2.7
- 2022 2.6; Barnet median median 2.6
- 2021 2.4; Barnet median median 2.8
- 2020 2.3; Barnet median median 3.2
- 2019 2.2; Barnet median median 3.1
- 2018 2.1; Barnet median median 3.1
- 2017 1.8; Barnet median median 3.2
- 2016 2.1; Barnet median median 3.2
- 2015 1.7; Barnet median median 3.3
- 2014 2.1; Barnet median median 3.2
- This school
- Barnet median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (68 applications for 30 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 150 | 421 | 2.8 | 128 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2025 | 230 | 541 | 2.4 | 202 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 210 | 488 | 2.3 | 147 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2023 | 200 | 507 | 2.5 | 191 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 541 | 2.6 | 160 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2021 | 206 | 489 | 2.4 | 153 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2020 | 210 | 486 | 2.3 | 152 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 455 | 2.2 | 133 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2018 | 208 | 429 | 2.1 | 153 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2017 | 230 | 402 | 1.8 | 112 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2016 | 222 | 465 | 2.1 | 148 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2015 | 204 | 351 | 1.7 | 83 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2014 | 153 | 322 | 2.1 | 100 | 0.65 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 200 | 52.9 | 63% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 51.7 | 54% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 190 | 50.0 | 56% | 77% | +0.74 |
| 2022/23 | 197 | 54.7 | 65% | 81% | +1.06 |
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
- London AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.8applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · HarrowGraded · no overall grade20255.3applications per place 66.1Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HarrowGood20231.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · HarrowGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Barnet20254.1applications per place 60.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · HarrowOutstanding20232.7applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · HertfordshireGood20232.1applications per place 59.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · BarnetGood20222.4applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · BrentRemains Good20241.6applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 134798 · 302/6905
- Trust
- Aim Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,870 pupils · 1,749 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2004
- Replaced
- The Edgware School (URN 101344)
- Address
- Spur Road, Edgware, HA8 8DE
- Local authority
- Barnet
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources