Friern Barnet School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Barnet
Hemington Avenue, London, N11 3LS
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.2%
25.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
591
Capacity used
Has space73%
810 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
29 of 29 families who put it first got an offer
146
Places offered
270
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 29 | 29 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 41 | 16 | ● 39% |
| 3rd preference | 60 | 17 | ● 28% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 140 | 18 | ● 13% |
| Total | 270 | 80 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Barnet lets families list 6 preferences. 64 applications came from outside the council area (20 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Horne
- Address
- Hemington Avenue, Friern Barnet, London, N11 3LS
- Phone
- 02083682777
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward / constituency
- Friern Barnet · Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101345
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 39% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 47% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
591 pupils · 810 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
21 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 697 pupils
Attendance
91.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.71 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 52.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 28.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 142 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 141 | 13% | 33% | 56% | |
| English Language | 141 | 15% | 56% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 124 | 19% | 64% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 112 | 4% | 27% | 42% | |
| Business | 67 | 19% | 46% | 60% | |
| Geography | 55 | 15% | 51% | 73% | |
| Physical Education | 52 | 6% | 46% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 49 | 41% | 78% | 84% | |
| History | 47 | 19% | 55% | 68% | |
| Computer Science | 43 | 7% | 26% | 42% | |
| Art and Design | 40 | 25% | 45% | 63% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 37 | 8% | 54% | 73% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Barnet council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.