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London Academy

Barnet · HA8 8DE

General information All-through School · 4-19 years Who goes here 1749 pupils, 43.5% FSM

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London Academy

General Information

Address: Spur Road, Edgware, HA8 8DE – View on map
Phone: 02082381100
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Paddy McGrath
Age range: 4-19 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 128 families put it first for 150 places – 9 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 37 of the 150 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 7 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 11
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1749 pupils out of 1870 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 621
% eligible for free school meals: 43.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Barnet average)
English as an additional language: 61% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 30% a year (Barnet 19.8%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Barnet: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 80 (2.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 94 (3.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 25 (0.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Barnet, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 20.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 73 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 40 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 35 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 18 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 51.7
Compared with the area: 5.9 points below the Barnet average (57.6)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (+5.8 points against an expected 45.9)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 75% (Barnet 80%, England 65%) Falling
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolBarnet averageEngland↘ Falling Down 3.0 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 5.9 points below the Barnet average (57.6).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

19th of 26 all-through schools in Barnet for Attainment 8

#17East Barnet School53.0
#18Bishop Douglass School Finchley52.5
#19London Academy51.7
#20St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School51.6
#21St James' Catholic High School51.4

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1The Henrietta Barnett School87.3
#2Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet85.6
#3St Michael's Catholic Grammar School77.8
#4Hasmonean High School for Girls63.7
#5Finchley Catholic High School62.3
#6Mill Hill County High School61.2
#7JCoSS60.9
#8Ashmole Academy59.9
#9Wren Academy Finchley59.8
#10Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School58.6
#11The Totteridge Academy58.2
#12Christ's College Finchley56.8
#13Hasmonean High School for Boys56.5
#14Ark Pioneer Academy56.0
#15The Archer Academy55.9
#16The Compton School54.8
#17East Barnet School53.0
#18Bishop Douglass School Finchley52.5
#19London Academy51.7
#20St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School51.6
#21St James' Catholic High School51.4
#22Copthall School47.4
#23Saracens High School47.1
#24Hendon School44.9
#25Clarion44.8
#26Friern Barnet School44.8

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 92.0%
Went into further education: 90.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Religious Studies
English Language
Maths (General)
English Literature
Science Double Award
History
French Language
Spanish
Art & Design
Geography
Business Studies
Media Studies
Biology
Physics (General)
Chemistry (General)
Sports Studies
Psychology (General)
Electronics (Physics)
Computer Science
Music Studies (General)
Speech & Drama
Portuguese
Arabic
Polish
Italian
Chinese
Gujarati
Urdu
Greek

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 86% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 24% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Barnet average (72%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 81%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 92% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 108
Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBarnet averageEngland↗ Improving Up 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 14 percentage points above the Barnet average (72%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 14th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area

=14Akiva School86%
=14Chalgrove Primary School86%
=14London Academy86%
=17St Catherine's RC School85%
=17Woodcroft Primary School85%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Courtland School97%
#2Menorah Foundation School96%
#3Deansbrook Junior School95%
=4Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School93%
=4St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge93%
#6Menorah Primary School for Boys91%
=7Hasmonean Primary School90%
=7Menorah Primary School for Girls90%
=9Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School88%
=9Monken Hadley CofE Primary School88%
=9Monkfrith Primary School88%
=12St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School87%
=12St Paul's CofE Primary School NW787%
=14Akiva School86%
=14Chalgrove Primary School86%
=14London Academy86%
=17St Catherine's RC School85%
=17Woodcroft Primary School85%
#19Foulds School84%
=20Independent Jewish Day School83%
=20Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School83%
=22Brookland Junior School82%
=22St Agnes' Catholic Primary School82%
=22St Mary's CofE Primary School82%
=25Goldbeaters Primary School81%
=25Moss Hall Junior School81%
=27Ashmole Primary School80%
=27Rimon Jewish Primary School80%
=27Sunnyfields Primary School80%
=27Wren Academy Finchley80%
#31Woodridge Primary School79%
#32Alma Primary78%
=33All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N2077%
=33Beit Shvidler Primary School77%
=33Christ Church Primary School77%
=33Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School77%
=33St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet77%
=33The Orion Primary School77%
=33Whitings Hill Primary School77%
=40Barnfield Primary School76%
=40Holy Trinity CofE Primary School76%
=40Saracens Broadfields76%
=40The Hyde School76%
=44Garden Suburb Junior School75%
=44Rosh Pinah Primary School75%
#46Shalom Noam Primary School74%
=47Church Hill School73%
=47Manorside Primary School73%
=47Martin Primary School73%
#50Hollickwood Primary School72%
#51The Annunciation RC Junior School71%
#52Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School70%
=53Edgware Primary School69%
=53Livingstone Primary and Nursery School69%
=53St Theresa's Catholic Primary School69%
=53Summerside Primary Academy69%
=53Trent CofE Primary School69%
=58Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School68%
=58Fairway Primary School and Children's Centre68%
=58Frith Manor Primary School68%
=58St Joseph's Catholic Primary School68%
=58Underhill School68%
#63Our Lady of Lourdes RC School66%
#64Tudor Primary School64%
=65Cromer Road Primary School63%
=65Queenswell Junior School63%
=65St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School63%
=65St Paul's CofE Primary School N1163%
=65Wessex Gardens Primary School63%
#70Pardes House Primary School62%
=71Colindale Primary School60%
=71Dollis Primary School60%
#73Northside Primary School57%
=74Childs Hill Primary School56%
=74St Vincent's Catholic Primary School56%
=76All Saints' CofE Primary School NW255%
=76Danegrove Primary School55%
=76Watling Park School55%
#79Parkfield Primary School51%
#80Holly Park Primary School49%
#81Claremont Primary School48%
#82Millbrook Park Primary School44%
#83Coppetts Wood Primary School43%
#84Saracens Bell Lane39%

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17th of 22 all-through schools in Barnet for Ofsted rating

#15Hendon SchoolGood
#16JCoSSGood
#17London AcademyGood
#18Saracens High SchoolGood
#19St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Ark Pioneer AcademyOutstanding
#2Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetOutstanding
#3St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolOutstanding
#4The Archer AcademyOutstanding
#5The Compton SchoolOutstanding
#6Wren Academy FinchleyOutstanding
#7Bishop Douglass School FinchleyGood
#8Christ's College FinchleyGood
#9ClarionGood
#10Copthall SchoolGood
#11Finchley Catholic High SchoolGood
#12Friern Barnet SchoolGood
#13Hasmonean High School for BoysGood
#14Hasmonean High School for GirlsGood
#15Hendon SchoolGood
#16JCoSSGood
#17London AcademyGood
#18Saracens High SchoolGood
#19St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolGood
#20St James' Catholic High SchoolGood
#21St Mary's and St John's CofE SchoolGood
#22The Henrietta Barnett SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,022 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

21st of 26 all-through schools in Barnet for spending per pupil

#19Mill Hill County High School£8,204
#20Christ's College Finchley£8,066
#21London Academy£8,022
#22The Henrietta Barnett School£8,000
#23St Michael's Catholic Grammar School£7,875

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Hasmonean High School for Boys£12,832
#2Hasmonean High School for Girls£12,806
#3Friern Barnet School£11,457
#4JCoSS£10,960
#5Clarion£10,925
#6St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School£10,444
#7Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet£9,432
#8Hendon School£9,397
#9The Archer Academy£9,316
#10Saracens High School£9,264
#11Copthall School£9,231
#12Ark Pioneer Academy£9,222
#13The Totteridge Academy£9,110
#14Bishop Douglass School Finchley£9,026
#15The Compton School£8,876
#16East Barnet School£8,598
#17St James' Catholic High School£8,424
#18Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School£8,385
#19Mill Hill County High School£8,204
#20Christ's College Finchley£8,066
#21London Academy£8,022
#22The Henrietta Barnett School£8,000
#23St Michael's Catholic Grammar School£7,875
#24Finchley Catholic High School£7,839
#25Ashmole Academy£7,631
#26Wren Academy Finchley£7,411

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Barnet: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered