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Friern Barnet School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Hemington Avenue, Friern Barnet, London N11 3LS · friern.barnet.sch.uk · 020 8368 2777
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
- Demand for places
- 0.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 591
- 73% of 810 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.5%
- First language not English
- 48.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Barnet Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 102 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 102 | 29 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 146 | 29 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 124 | 41 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 142 | 50 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 156 | 47 | 0.3 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.8, and 29.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barnet it was 56.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.79 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19.2 | −2.5 |
| Sixth form college | 16.6 | −2 |
| Further education | 51.7 | +0.1 |
| Other education | 0.7 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.3 | — |
| Employment | 0.7 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.3 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.6 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Friern Barnet School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 20 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 45
- 6% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (31%) with SEND