St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Girls · Barnet
Nether Street, London, N12 7NJ
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 09/11/2022
Application demand
65%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.8%
22.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
908
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
940 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
65%
1st preference success rate
118 of 181 families who put it first got an offer
127
Places offered
278
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 181 | 118 | ● 65% |
| 2nd preference | 39 | 8 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 22 | 1 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 36 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 278 | 127 | 46% |
1st preference success by year
Barnet lets families list 6 preferences. 167 applications came from outside the council area (85 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michael Stimpson
- Address
- Nether Street, North Finchley, London, N12 7NJ
- Phone
- 02084462256
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward / constituency
- West Finchley · Finchley and Golders Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101361
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 22% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
908 pupils · 940 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
09 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 639 pupils
Attendance
93.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.4%
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 | 79.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.98 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.46 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 46.84 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 77.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 96.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 97.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 72.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.39 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 127 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 46.94 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 52% | 17% |
| A-level students | 102 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 126 | 63% | 99% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 126 | 92% | 100% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 126 | 66% | 99% | 100% | |
| Mathematics | 125 | 89% | 98% | 99% | |
| Geography | 97 | 91% | 100% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 65 | 80% | 98% | 100% | |
| Biology | 60 | 78% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 60 | 83% | 97% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 60 | 80% | 98% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 44 | 91% | 95% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 42 | 83% | 93% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 63 | 49% | 79% | 97% | |
| Biology | 38 | 24% | 50% | 82% | |
| Chemistry | 36 | 17% | 47% | 78% | |
| Psychology | 29 | 7% | 38% | 69% | |
| Economics | 27 | 4% | 44% | 93% | |
| English Literature | 20 | 20% | 60% | 90% | |
| Physics | 16 | 6% | 44% | 63% | |
| History | 15 | 7% | 47% | 87% | |
| Geography | 15 | 33% | 73% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 0% | 55% | 91% | |
| French | 9 | 22% | 89% | 100% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 9 | 67% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11897: St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 20 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 75% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 79% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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: 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.