Ashmole Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,767 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9
Community special school
Mapledown School
- Pupils on roll
- 114of 90 places
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 29 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 at Mapledown School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Mapledown School’s own sixth form (Barnet average 63%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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 | Mapledown School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 16 | 4,491 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 63% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 20% | 37% |
| — other education | 88% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Barnet
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
Academy converter · sixth form · 968 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.5
Christ's College Finchley
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,000 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.8
Clarion
Academy converter · sixth form · 689 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Copthall School
Academy converter · sixth form · 829 pupils
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.