Friern Barnet School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 31 2018 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
- 726 (93% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.4%
- Girls
- 48.6%
- First language not English
- 46.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34.6%
- Persistent absence
- 28.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.4%
Other White 30.6%
White British 16.3%
Mixed 12.9%
Other 11%
African 8.1%
Unclassified 6.6%
Caribbean 3.6%
Indian 2.3%
Other Black 1.9%
Chinese 1.5%
Irish 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Pakistani 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 40 |
Biology | GCSE | 35 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 70 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 35 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 33 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 33 |
Dance | GCSE | 15 |
English Language | GCSE | 148 |
Admissions
Friern Barnet School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 142
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 50
- 2nd preference
- 49
- 3rd preference
- 68
- From another Local Authority
- 108
Offers
- 1st preference
- 50
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 15
- To another Local Authority
- 40
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 20.8 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 145 67 78 |
Year 8 | 132 70 62 |
Year 9 | 142 68 74 |
Year 10 | 155 85 70 |
Year 11 | 152 83 69 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 93.0% 94.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 59.0% 17.8% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 21.0% 67.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 13.0% 7.6% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 1.1% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.9% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 3.0% 2.2% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 3.0% 1.7% 1.0% |
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