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Secondary school in Barnet

East Barnet School

Chestnut Grove, East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8PU

Sixth form Full
School website 02083442100

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 6 May 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

53 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

57% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

77% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.7 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

35% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.16confidence interval -0.04 to 0.36

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B-
Average points per entry
36.9

England average 32.3

A level students
142

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1448
Places
1445
How full
Full — 1448 pupils against 1445 places
Girls / boys
663 / 785
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
23%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
33%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
13%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
91%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
59%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
235

After sixth form

Went to university
66%

England 50%

In education, work or training
83%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
163

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

27% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
80%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
127

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Barnet 003D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
50%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
77%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
4%

England 17%

Households with no car
11%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
42%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
EAST BARNET SCHOOL
Headteacher
Headteacher: Leann Swaine
Local authority
Barnet
Ward
East Barnet
Constituency
Chipping Barnet
URN
136658

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Southgate SchoolAcademy converter No grade 51.1 0.6 mi
JCoSSVoluntary aided school Good 2022 60.9 1 mi
St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolFree schools Good 2024 51.6 1.3 mi
Ashmole AcademyAcademy converter No grade 59.9 1.3 mi
Ark Pioneer AcademyFree schools Outstanding 2023 56 1.6 mi
Finchley Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 62.3 1.8 mi
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 58.6 1.9 mi
Friern Barnet SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 44.8 1.9 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Dorothy Stringer SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 53.3
Willingdon Community SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 45
The Queen Katherine SchoolAcademy converter No grade 48.8
King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 75.9
St Mark's West Essex Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 46.3
Tapton School & Sixth FormAcademy converter No grade 58
Cobham Free SchoolFree schools Good 2023 53.1
Hedingham School and Sixth FormAcademy converter Good 2023 39.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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