Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry865 applications · 170 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 5.1; Barnet median median 2.8
- 2025 5.0; Barnet median median 2.5
- 2024 5.1; Barnet median median 3.0
- 2023 4.9; Barnet median median 2.7
- 2022 4.1; Barnet median median 2.6
- 2021 3.7; Barnet median median 2.8
- 2020 3.7; Barnet median median 3.2
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 170 | 865 | 5.1 | 167 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 177 | 879 | 5.0 | 216 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 905 | 5.1 | 220 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 863 | 4.9 | 183 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 726 | 4.1 | 144 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 643 | 3.7 | 101 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 646 | 3.7 | 99 | 0.57 |
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.) | 174 | 53.8 | 62% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 56.0 | 62% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 54.3 | 66% | 82% | +0.57 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Ark Pioneer AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20235.1applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Barnet20263.0applications per place 61.2Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Barnet20255.4applications per place 60.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Barnet20264.0applications per place 87.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.8 km · BarnetGood20224.4applications per place 61.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Barnet20263.9applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BarnetRemains Good20232.4applications per place 59.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · EnfieldImproved significantly20254.8applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · BarnetRemains Good20242.4applications per place 49.5Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147061 · 302/4013
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,107 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Westcombe Drive, Barnet, EN5 2BE
- Local authority
- Barnet
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources