JCoSS

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Jewish
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barnet
Unique reference
135747
Address
Castlewood Road, EN4 9GE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1347 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.5%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.8%
Other White 15%
Mixed 5%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.72
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.64
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 61%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 72%
Local authority average 66%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.8
Local authority average 57.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.7
Local authority average 5.27
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
DanceGCSE2
English LanguageGCSE207
English LiteratureGCSE198
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

JCoSS

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
358
2nd preference
231
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
293
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes16.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
123
94
Year 8
189
109
80
Year 9
187
99
88
Year 10
186
86
100
Year 11
215
108
107
Year 12
173
87
86
Year 13
180
97
83
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
94.2%
86.5%
Further education
9.0%
17.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
86.0%
67.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
83.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
61.0%
41.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
54.0%
38.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
3.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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