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Bishop Douglass School Finchley

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Hamilton Road, East Finchley, London N2 0SQ · bishopdouglass.barnet.sch.uk · 020 8444 5211

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jul 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.5
average Attainment 8 score. Barnet 56.7, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Barnet Council
Demand for places
0.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
968
90% of 1,080 places
Local authority
Barnet
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.2%
First language not English
53.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust

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, 35 families put the school first and 125 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: 95 (Places 180)95September 2023: 65 (Places 174)65September 2024: 55 (Places 117)55September 2025: 60 (Places 136)60September 2026: 35 (Places 125)35Places 125
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026125350.3100%
September 2025Sept 2025136600.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024117550.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023174650.4100%
September 2022Sept 2022180950.599%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.5, and 54% 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+ (34.4 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: 51.9 (England 46.3)51.92017/18: 51.5 (England 46.5)51.52018/19: 53.4 (England 46.7)53.42021/22: 54.7 (England 48.8)54.72022/23: 56.0 (England 46.3)56.02023/24: 53.4 (England 45.9)53.42024/25: 52.5 (England 46.0)52.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.546.0
▲54.0%45.4%
▲70.2%64.8%
▲87.1%40.5%
▲4.844.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101365)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form73−5.2
Sixth form college4.3+1.8
Further education15.6+4.7
Apprenticeship0.7—
Employment0.7−1
Not in a lasting destination2.1−2.1
Activity not captured3.5+1.8

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: 29.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.4 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 28.7 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 33.3 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 29.9 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 33.1 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 34.4 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
107 studentsC+ (34.4)Above average +0.35
107 studentsC+ (34.4)Above average +0.34
42 studentsMerit+ (27.2)Average -0.02
10.8%AAB or better
97.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24103C+ (33.1)+0.27
2022/23106C (29.9)—
2021/2293C+ (33.3)—
2018/1968C (28.7)+0.08
2017/1879C+ (34.3)+0.27
2016/1788C (31.4)+0.16
2015/1688C (29.4)+0.27

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University66.4−7.2
Further and other education3.3−0.5
Further education2.5+0.6
Other education0.8−1.1
Apprenticeship1.7—
Employment10.9+0.5
Not in a lasting destination10.1+1.6
Activity not captured7.6+3.8

Ofsted

Bishop Douglass School Finchley was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 July 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
5 Jul 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Nov 2018

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Oct 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 2 April 2023).

Recommend
84%
Replies
50
6% · 2 Apr 2023
Child is happy at school▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 83%
School has high expectations●82% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▲90% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲92% agreeEngland 80%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 83%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲78% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 72% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 22% who had a child bullied

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