The Totteridge Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barnet
Unique reference
144502
Address
Barnet Lane, Barnet, N20 8AZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1003 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
60.6%
Girls
39.4%
First language not English
36.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.8%
Persistent absence
22.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.6%
Other White 19.8%
Mixed 14.5%
Other 7.9%
African 4.8%
Indian 2.6%
Other Asian 2%
Caribbean 1.9%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Black 1.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 71%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.7
Local authority average 56.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.15
Local authority average 5.24
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE34
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE171
English LiteratureGCSE168
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Totteridge Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
228
3rd preference
190
From another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes20.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
104
75
Year 8
179
110
69
Year 9
176
106
70
Year 10
179
105
74
Year 11
177
112
65
Year 12
58
30
28
Year 13
55
41
14
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
92.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
19.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
47.0%
63.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
9.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
2.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
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
75.0%
77.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
37.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022