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The Compton School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Summers Lane, London N12 0QG · thecompton.org.uk · 020 8368 1783

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Outstanding
Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
54.8
average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
Last distance offered
0.88 mi
1.42 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Geographical Distance · Barnet Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,381
31 over 1,350 places · 102%
Local authority
Barnet
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35%
First language not English
49.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Middlesex Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Geographical Distance” went to a home 0.88 mi (1.42 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.68 mi (1.10 km). Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Barnet Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 204 families put the school first and 204 places were offered; 69% 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: 211 (Places 200)211September 2023: 212 (Places 201)212September 2024: 171 (Places 204)171September 2025: 212 (Places 196)212September 2026: 204 (Places 204)204Places 204
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026204204169%
September 2025Sept 20251962121.1▲69%
September 2024Sept 20242041710.880%
September 2023Sept 20232012121.1▲67%
September 2022Sept 20222002111.1▲66%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Geographical DistanceDistance
September 20260.88 mi1.42 km
September 20250.68 mi1.10 km
September 20241.01 mi1.62 km
Year 7 – Feeder School - Moss HallDistance
September 20261.28 mi2.06 km
September 20251.18 mi1.89 km
September 20241.79 mi2.88 km
Year 7 – Feeder School - MartinDistance
September 20261.24 mi2.00 km
September 20251.37 mi2.20 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 54.8, and 51.5% 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 C+ (34.8 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: 56.1 (England 46.3)56.12017/18: 52.4 (England 46.5)52.42018/19: 52.8 (England 46.7)52.82021/22: 55.5 (England 48.8)55.52022/23: 54.5 (England 46.3)54.52023/24: 57.0 (England 45.9)57.02024/25: 54.8 (England 46.0)54.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲54.846.0
▲51.5%45.4%
▲79.1%64.8%
▼36.4%40.5%
▲4.964.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form51+7.8
Sixth form college20.8+0.9
Further education19.8−5.9
Apprenticeship0.50
Not in a lasting destination3−2.8
Activity not captured5+2.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published16/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 29.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 33.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 30.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 38.4 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 32.5 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.4 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 34.8 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
136 studentsC+ (34.8)Above average +0.35
136 studentsC+ (34.8)Above average +0.35
29 studentsDist- (32.7)Average -0.20
10.5%AAB or better
91.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24127C+ (33.4)+0.19
2022/23127C+ (32.5)—
2021/22140B (38.4)—
2018/19135C (30.3)-0.21
2017/18116C+ (33.9)-0.01
2016/1790C (29.7)-0.30

Where sixth-form leavers went

2016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University81.1+6.1
Apprenticeship0.7−0.7
Employment6.3−8.7
Not in a lasting destination7.7+2.7
Activity not captured4.2+0.6

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Compton School was: School remains Outstanding.

Outcome
Remains Outstanding
Inspected
5 Mar 2024
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101352), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2018Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2006Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101352)

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (151 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
89%
Replies
151
11% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼81% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲83% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲69% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲78% agreeEngland 67%

based on 45 parents (30%) with SEND

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