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Best secondary schools in Barnet

25 of 36 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Barnet schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Menorah High School for Girls London 1.58 Good oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 The Totteridge Academy London 1.32 — undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet grammar 1.22 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Hasmonean High School for Girls London 1.21 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 The Henrietta Barnett School London grammar 1.09 Good oversubscribed 1.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 St Michael's Catholic Grammar School London grammar 0.98 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 JCoSS New Barnet 0.97 Good oversubscribed 1.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Finchley Catholic High School London hidden gem 0.94 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Ashmole Academy London 0.85 — oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet 0.74 — undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 The Compton School London 0.73 Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Christ's College Finchley London hidden gem 0.7 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Hasmonean High School for Boys London 0.7 Good declining oversubscribed 1.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 The Archer Academy London 0.61 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Ark Pioneer Academy Barnet 0.57 Outstanding about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Clarion London hidden gem 0.44 Good undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Copthall School London hidden gem 0.44 Good improving undersubscribed 0.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Bishop Douglass School Finchley London hidden gem 0.43 Good undersubscribed 0.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Saracens High School London hidden gem 0.42 Good undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School London hidden gem 0.4 Good declining undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 St James' Catholic High School London hidden gem 0.32 Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Mill Hill County High School London 0.24 — oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 East Barnet School Barnet 0.16 — about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Friern Barnet School London hidden gem 0.0 Good undersubscribed 0.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Hendon School London hidden gem -0.13 Good declining undersubscribed 0.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Barnet

11 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Barnet, not a fairer one.

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