Ashmole Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,767 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9
Free schools
Saracens High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,170of 1,130 places
- Free school meals
- 57.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 161
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 May 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 146 pupils who finished Year 11 at Saracens High School in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 12% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.1 against 46.1 across England and 56.7 in Barnet, with 47% 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 | Saracens High School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 146 | 4,491 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 74% | 63% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 12% | 20% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Saracens High School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.1 | 56.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 63% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 79% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 45% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.30 | 5.25 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 60% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.9 | 45.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.4 | 60.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 67% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 160 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 159 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 72% |
| English Literature | 159 | 99% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 128 | 80% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 62% |
| Spanish | 79 | 49% | 19% | 34% | 27% | 76% |
| Geography | 79 | 49% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 63% |
| History | 77 | 48% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 65 | 40% | 13% | 9% | 30% | 55% |
| Psychology | 51 | 32% | 3% | 2% | 22% | 51% |
| Art and Design | 41 | 25% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 76% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 36 | 22% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 53% |
| Physical Education | 34 | 21% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 62% |
| Biology | 31 | 19% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 84% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 19% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 57% |
| Physics | 29 | 18% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 18% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 97% |
| Sociology | 24 | 15% | 4% | 8% | 21% | 67% |
| Drama | 24 | 15% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 12% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 75% |
| Arabic | 8 | 5% | 1% | 88% | 47% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 6 | 4% | 0% | 67% | 50% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 29 | 57% | — |
| Music performance: Group | 18 | 35% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | Saracens High School | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 230 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 51 | 3,500 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | C+ | B | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 33.23 | 39.61 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | C+ | B | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 4% | 28% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 28 | 55% | 31% |
| Economics | 20 | 39% | 13% |
| Business Studies | 15 | 29% | 13% |
| Biology | 14 | 27% | 20% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 22% | 17% |
| Sociology | 10 | 20% | 13% |
| Art and Design | 7 | 14% | 1% |
| History | 7 | 14% | 13% |
| Politics | 6 | 12% | 6% |
| Film Studies | — | — | 2% |
| Geography | — | — | 10% |
| Product Design | — | — | 2% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
| Arabic | — | — | 0% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| Music | — | — | 0% |
| Physical Education | — | — | 3% |
| Physics | — | — | 12% |
| Religious Studies | — | — | 4% |
| Further Mathematics | — | — | 5% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 7 | 14% | — |
Other secondary schools in Barnet
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Christ's College Finchley
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.8
Clarion
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Copthall School
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East Barnet School
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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.