The Henrietta Barnett School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 4 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barnet
Unique reference
138051
Address
Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11 7BN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
807 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
46%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.7%
Persistent absence
5.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 51.8%
Mixed 11.3%
Other Asian 8.4%
Chinese 6.3%
Other 4.6%
Bangladeshi 4.2%
Other White 4%
White British 3.5%
Pakistani 2.7%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 100%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 87.2
Local authority average 56.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 8.63
Local authority average 5.24
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE104
ChemistryGCSE104
Classical CivilisationGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE104
English LiteratureGCSE104
FrenchGCSE37
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Henrietta Barnett School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
100
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
238
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
317
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
76
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 classes21
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
104
0
104
Year 8
104
0
104
Year 9
104
0
104
Year 10
104
0
104
Year 11
105
0
105
Year 12
144
0
144
Year 13
142
0
142
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
100.0%
92.6%
85.5%
Further education
0.0%
19.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
100.0%
63.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
93.0%
77.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
86.0%
37.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
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