Christ's College Finchley

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 4 2020 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
137388
Address
East End Road, East Finchley, N2 0SE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
956 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
66.5%
Girls
33.5%
First language not English
53%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.4%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 21.5%
Other 17.4%
White British 14.5%
Mixed 12%
Unclassified 10.8%
African 10%
Indian 3.9%
Pakistani 3.7%
Caribbean 2.1%
Chinese 1.4%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 61%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 66%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53
Local authority average 57.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.91
Local authority average 5.27
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE74
ChineseGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE159
English LiteratureGCSE155
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Christ's College Finchley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
109
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
97
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
103
77
Year 8
177
110
67
Year 9
164
105
59
Year 10
160
106
54
Year 11
160
119
41
Year 12
73
53
20
Year 13
42
40
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
94.2%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
17.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
67.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
7.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
93.0%
83.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
41.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
37.0%
38.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
3.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020