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Menorah High School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Voluntary aided
105 Brook Road, London NW2 7BZ · menorahhigh.com · 020 8208 0500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 66.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 422
- 22 over 400 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.1%
- First language not English
- 18.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 75 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 71% 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 | 53 | 75 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 95 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 73 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 104 | 1.8▲ | 56% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 66.7, and 84.7% 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 (40.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲66.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲84.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲91.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲67.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲6.42 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 93.8 | +7.5 |
| Further education | 6.2 | +0.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 students | B (40.6) | Below average -0.22 | |
| 32 students | B (40.6) | Below average -0.22 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 40 | B+ (43.1) | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | B+ (44) | — |
| 2021/22 | 42 | A- (46.9) | — |
| 2018/19 | 24 | B (40.8) | -0.26 |
| 2017/18 | 30 | B+ (42.4) | 0.00 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | B (38.8) | -0.29 |
| 2015/16 | 26 | B+ (42.4) | +0.08 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 2.4 | −2.3 |
| Employment | 26.2 | +2.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 35.7 | +28.7 |
| Activity not captured | 35.7 | −29.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Menorah High School for Girls was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 65
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (22%) with SEND