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JCoSS

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Voluntary aided

Castlewood Road, New Barnet EN4 9GE · jcoss.org · 020 8344 2220

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
60.9
average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
Last distance offered
1.61 mi
2.59 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
Demand for places
1.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,356
100% of 1,360 places
Local authority
Barnet
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
4.3%
First language not English
20.1%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.61 mi (2.59 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.73 mi (2.78 km). Source: Barnet Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 306 families put the school first and 170 places were offered; 51% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 391 (Places 202)391September 2023: 358 (Places 202)358September 2024: 306 (Places 170)306September 2025: 282 (Places 170)282September 2026: 306 (Places 170)306Places 170
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261703061.8▲51%
September 2025Sept 20251702821.7▲52%
September 2024Sept 20241703061.8▲50%
September 2023Sept 20232023581.8▲54%
September 2022Sept 20222023911.9▲48%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20261.61 mi2.59 km
September 20251.73 mi2.78 km
September 20241.10 mi1.77 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 60.9, and 76.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barnet it was 56.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B+ (43.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 54.7 (England 46.3)54.72017/18: 56.6 (England 46.5)56.62018/19: 61.9 (England 46.7)61.92021/22: 60.7 (England 48.8)60.72022/23: 58.8 (England 46.3)58.82023/24: 61.1 (England 45.9)61.12024/25: 60.9 (England 46.0)60.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲60.946.0
▲76.8%45.4%
▲88.4%64.8%
▼11.6%40.5%
▲4.924.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form86.3+11.3
Sixth form college2.2−0.7
Further education8.8−5.6
Employment0.50
Not in a lasting destination1.1+0.1
Activity not captured1.1−0.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 35.3 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 39.0 (England 31.1)B2017/18: 40.4 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 42.6 (England 32.9)B+2021/22: 44.3 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 42.9 (England 34.2)B+2023/24: 44.1 (England 34.4)B+2024/25: 43.7 (England 35.0)B+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
139 studentsB+ (43.7)Above average +0.23
139 studentsB+ (43.7)Above average +0.23
53 studentsDist+ (40.9)Above average +0.48
13 studentsDist*- (44.4)Average +0.30
25.6%AAB or better
96.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24142B+ (44.1)+0.32
2022/23145B+ (42.9)—
2021/22121B+ (44.3)—
2018/19116B+ (42.6)+0.37
2017/18130B (40.4)+0.24
2016/17128B (39)+0.22
2015/1632B- (35.3)+0.33

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.1−6.7
Further and other education3.6−1.4
Further education1.8−0.7
Other education1.8−0.7
Apprenticeship5.4+2.9
Employment16.2+4.3
Not in a lasting destination7.8−0.4
Activity not captured9+1.5

Ofsted

JCoSS was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
9 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (248 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
94%
Replies
248
19% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲91% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▲90% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼79% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing●84% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲87% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●47% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●67% agreeEngland 67%

based on 69 parents (28%) with SEND

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