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Voluntary aided school · Barnet

JCoSS

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,356Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • JewishReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135747URN

Castlewood Road, New Barnet, EN4 9GE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.4per place
1.5 above Barnet median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BarnetSelective

739 applications for 170 places · 9th of 27 in Barnet
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
61.0of 90
9th of 28 in Barnet
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 9 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
4.4applications per place, Year 7
1.5 above Barnet median (2.8) 2.1 above England median (2.2)

739 applications · 170 places offered · 306 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.4; Barnet median median 2.8
  2. 2025 4.2; Barnet median median 2.5
  3. 2024 4.0; Barnet median median 3.0
  4. 2023 3.6; Barnet median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.7; Barnet median median 2.6
  6. 2021 4.4; Barnet median median 2.8
  7. 2020 4.2; Barnet median median 3.2
  8. 2019 4.3; Barnet median median 3.1
  9. 2018 3.6; Barnet median median 3.1
  10. 2017 3.5; Barnet median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.9; Barnet median median 3.2
  12. 2015 3.7; Barnet median median 3.3
  13. 2014 3.8; Barnet median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Barnet median in 13 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 20261707394.43061.80
Sep 20251707094.22821.66
Sep 20241706864.03061.80
Sep 20232027343.63581.77
Sep 20222027443.73911.94
Sep 20211737524.43702.14
Sep 20201737234.23291.90
Sep 20191737354.32801.62
Sep 20182027353.62841.41
Sep 20172027093.52851.41
Sep 20161746793.92421.39
Sep 20151756533.72171.24
Sep 20141756703.82771.58

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

187 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)61.09th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 5 or above in English and maths74%10th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%
  • This school
  • Barnet median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.97
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18761.074%85%–
2024/2519060.977%88%–
2023/2418261.180%90%+0.97
2022/2321558.872%87%+0.72

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
135747 · 302/5427
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Jewish
Capacity
1,360 pupils · 1,356 on roll
Free school meals
4.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2010
Address
Castlewood Road, New Barnet, EN4 9GE
Local authority
Barnet

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