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Secondary school in London, Barnet

The Totteridge Academy

Barnet Lane, Barnet, London, N20 8AZ

Sixth form Full
School website 02084459205

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 25 November 2025.

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

58.2 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

71% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

88% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

45% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

1.32confidence interval 1.07 to 1.57

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above 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
36.8

England average 32.3

A level students
53

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1008
Places
900
How full
Full — 1008 pupils against 900 places
Girls / boys
418 / 590
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
22%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
32%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
37%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
20%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
86%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
82%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
47%
No sustained destination
8%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
148

After sixth form

Went to university
54%

England 50%

In education, work or training
75%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
28

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

29% 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
75%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
24

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 007C, 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
53%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
86%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
1%

England 17%

Households with no car
5%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
46%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Chris Fairbairn
Local authority
Barnet
Ward
Totteridge & Woodside
Constituency
Chipping Barnet
URN
144502

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Ark Pioneer AcademyFree schools Outstanding 2023 56 0.6 mi
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 58.6 0.9 mi
Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 85.6 1.3 mi
Finchley Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 62.3 1.4 mi
The London MechinaOther independent school No grade 1.6 mi
JCoSSVoluntary aided school Good 2022 60.9 1.7 mi
Mount House SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.8 mi
Mill Hill SchoolsOther independent school No grade 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
Bitterne Park SchoolFoundation school Good 2024 43.1
Ashcroft Technology AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 66.7
Orion CoopersAcademy converter Good 2023 48.5
Lift RydeAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 43.8
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter Good 2024 46.4
Aldridge School - A Science CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 45.2
Penwortham Priory AcademyAcademy converter No grade 43.2
Nottingham Free SchoolFree schools Good 2022 51.5

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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