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Copthall School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Pursley Road, Mill Hill, London NW7 2EP · copthallschool.org.uk · 020 8959 1937

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.4
average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
829
69% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Barnet
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
46.8%
First language not English
84.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Copthall 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, 60 families put the school first and 113 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 129 (Places 180)129September 2023: 105 (Places 179)105September 2024: 83 (Places 157)83September 2025: 59 (Places 125)59September 2026: 60 (Places 113)60Places 113
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026113600.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025125590.5100%
September 2024Sept 2024157830.5100%
September 2023Sept 20231791050.6100%
September 2022Sept 20221801290.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.4, and 39.8% 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 (31.6 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: 49.4 (England 46.3)49.42017/18: 52.5 (England 46.5)52.52018/19: 52.6 (England 46.7)52.62021/22: 48.0 (England 48.8)48.02022/23: 49.5 (England 46.3)49.52023/24: 48.7 (England 45.9)48.72024/25: 47.4 (England 46.0)47.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.446.0
▼39.8%45.4%
▼59.0%64.8%
▲60.2%40.5%
▲4.324.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form62.4+3.2
Sixth form college8.5−2.1
Further education21.8+0.7
Employment0.6−0.1
Not in a lasting destination5.5+1.3
Activity not captured1.2−1.6

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: 29.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 30.8 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.5 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.6 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 32.1 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 24.1 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 26.0 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 31.6 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
41 studentsC (31.6)Average +0.21
41 studentsC (31.6)Average +0.21
20 studentsDist (33.9)Above average +0.48
16.7%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2470C- (26)-0.10
2022/2393D+ (24.1)—
2021/2283C+ (32.1)—
2018/1951C+ (32.6)+0.31
2017/1860C (28.5)+0.14
2016/1773C (30.8)+0.37
2015/1679C (29.5)-0.04

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University46.3−7.3
Further and other education4.9−4
Further education3.7—
Other education1.2—
Apprenticeship6.1−0.2
Employment9.8−1.8
Not in a lasting destination13.4+4.5
Activity not captured19.5+8.8

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 9 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Copthall School was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
8 Nov 2023
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
66%
Replies
32
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼72% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼82% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼47% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼69% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼56% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼59% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 59% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 25% who had a child bullied

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