East Barnet School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barnet
Unique reference
136658
Address
Chestnut Grove, East Barnet, EN4 8PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1427 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
55.7%
Girls
44.3%
First language not English
33.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.5%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.5%
Other White 22.8%
Mixed 13.5%
Other 4.4%
African 3.6%
Unclassified 3.3%
Indian 2.7%
Other Asian 2.1%
Caribbean 1.6%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 56.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.7
Local authority average 5.24
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award4
TourismTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE167
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE165
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
Applied EngineeringGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE215
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

East Barnet School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
228
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
177
From another Local Authority
265
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
120
117
Year 8
226
130
96
Year 9
214
114
100
Year 10
218
129
89
Year 11
221
120
101
Year 12
166
99
67
Year 13
145
83
62
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
19.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
63.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
77.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
37.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022