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Ashmole Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,767Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136308URN

Cecil Road, Southgate, London, N14 5RJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.7per place
1.9 above Barnet median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BarnetSelective

1,189 applications for 252 places · 7th of 27 in Barnet
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
61.1of 90
8th of 28 in Barnet
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 11 March 2026Published 30 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 11 March 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 30 November 2021
    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
4.7applications per place, Year 7
1.9 above Barnet median (2.8) 2.5 above England median (2.2)

1,189 applications · 252 places offered · 347 named it first

  1. 2026 4.7; Barnet median median 2.8
  2. 2025 4.6; Barnet median median 2.5
  3. 2024 4.7; Barnet median median 3.0
  4. 2023 4.9; Barnet median median 2.7
  5. 2022 5.2; Barnet median median 2.6
  6. 2021 5.3; Barnet median median 2.8
  7. 2020 5.3; Barnet median median 3.2
  8. 2019 6.0; Barnet median median 3.1
  9. 2018 5.9; Barnet median median 3.1
  10. 2017 5.6; Barnet median median 3.2
  11. 2016 5.2; Barnet median median 3.2
  12. 2015 5.5; Barnet median median 3.3
  13. 2014 5.2; 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 20262521,1894.73471.38
Sep 20252561,1654.63361.31
Sep 20242561,2034.73511.37
Sep 20232581,2564.93781.47
Sep 20222541,3215.23731.47
Sep 20212551,3405.33941.55
Sep 20202541,3495.33671.44
Sep 20192581,5496.04601.78
Sep 20182571,5225.93631.41
Sep 20172581,4365.63951.53
Sep 20162561,3375.23071.20
Sep 20152281,2575.53121.37
Sep 20142281,1895.23291.44

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

258 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)61.18th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 5 or above in English and maths76%7th of 28 in Barnet
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89%
  • This school
  • Barnet median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.85
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25861.176%89%–
2024/2526059.969%87%–
2023/2425762.279%89%+0.85
2022/2326061.377%93%+0.89

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136308 · 302/5406
Trust
Ashmole Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,551 pupils · 1,767 on roll
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2010
Replaced
Ashmole School (URN 101363)
Address
Cecil Road, Southgate, London, N14 5RJ
Local authority
Barnet

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