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Clarion
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Claremont Road, Cricklewood, London NW2 1TR · clarion.school · 020 8455 4114
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 689
- 65% of 1,052 places
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 51.1%
- First language not English
- 68.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Whitefield School
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, 99 families put the school first and 150 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 | 150 | 99 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 120 | 59 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 128 | 77 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 146 | 73 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 60 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.8, and 36.8% 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 C- (28.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.06 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 48.2 | −3.5 |
| Sixth form college | 12.7 | +7.8 |
| Further education | 32.7 | +7.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | −5.3 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | −2.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 students | C- (28.3) | Average +0.07 | |
| 33 students | C- (28.3) | Average +0.07 | |
| 24 students | Merit+ (27.5) | Average 0.00 | |
| 16 students | Dist- (33) | Above average +0.61 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 54 | C (30.1) | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 64 | D+ (24.7) | — |
| 2021/22 | 59 | C- (27.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 63 | C- (25.5) | -0.18 |
| 2017/18 | 38 | D (21.4) | -0.58 |
| 2016/17 | 58 | D+ (23.6) | -0.26 |
| 2015/16 | 59 | D+ (23.3) | -0.20 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 57.5 | −12.4 |
| Other education | 5 | +3.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.3 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 11.3 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15 | +1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 10 | +6.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Clarion was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 38
- 5% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied