Ashmole Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,767 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9
Community school
Friern Barnet School
- Pupils on roll
- 591of 810 places
- Free school meals
- 38.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 142
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Friern Barnet School has no sixth form. Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.8 against 46.1 across England and 56.7 in Barnet, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Barnet and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Friern Barnet School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 148 | 4,491 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 24% | 63% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 20% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Friern Barnet School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.8 | 56.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 63% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 79% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 28% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 5.25 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.6 | 45.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.7 | 60.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 49% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 141 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 56% |
| English Language | 141 | 99% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 76% |
| English Literature | 124 | 87% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 79% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 42% |
| Business Studies | 67 | 47% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 60% |
| Geography | 55 | 39% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 73% |
| Physical Education | 52 | 37% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 49 | 35% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 84% |
| History | 47 | 33% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 43 | 30% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 42% |
| Art and Design | 40 | 28% | 7% | 25% | 24% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 37 | 26% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 73% |
| Media Studies | 36 | 25% | 4% | 25% | 20% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 20% | 23% | 54% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 28 | 20% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 28 | 20% | 23% | 43% | 46% | 100% |
| French | 20 | 14% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 85% |
| Spanish | 19 | 13% | 19% | 47% | 27% | 100% |
| Drama | 17 | 12% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 53% |
| Film Studies | 17 | 12% | 1% | 24% | 20% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 11% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 31% |
| Turkish | 12 | 8% | 0% | 67% | 71% | 100% |
| Music | 11 | 8% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 82% |
| Dance | 9 | 6% | 1% | 11% | 27% | 44% |
| Russian | 5 | 4% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Persian | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Barnet
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95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.5
Christ's College Finchley
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.8
Clarion
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Copthall School
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.4
East Barnet School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,448 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.