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Friern Barnet School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Barnet
Unique reference
101345
Address
Hemington Avenue, Friern Barnet, N11 3LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
716 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
47.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.9%
Persistent absence
28.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 30.7%
White British 15.5%
Other 12.3%
Mixed 12.1%
African 9.4%
Unclassified 5.7%
Caribbean 3.8%
Indian 2.4%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other Black 1.5%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Irish 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.64
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 61%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 66%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 57.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 5.27
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE148
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Friern Barnet School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
41
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
85
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
41
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
61
65
Year 8
148
68
80
Year 9
142
82
60
Year 10
144
68
76
Year 11
156
86
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.9%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
18.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
22.0%
64.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
19.0%
9.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023
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