Friern Barnet School in London - ratings, address, contact etc

Friern Barnet School is a secondary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 31/10/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Hemington Avenue, London, N11 3LS
Website:	http://www.friern.barnet.sch.uk/
Telephone:	02083682777
School Type:	Community school
Education phase:	Secondary
Local authority:	Barnet
Headteacher / Principal:	Mr Simon Horne
Religious character:	Does not apply
Admissions policy:	Non-selective
Unique reference:	101345

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 31/10/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	11 - 16
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	815
Number of Pupils:	748
Number of Boys:	371
Number of Girls:	377

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	5%	4%
Persistent absence:	10.7%	8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -0.72 to -0.28

Of the 152 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 131 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:	29%
England Average:	40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:	91%
England Average:	94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:	22%
England Average:	43%

Attainment 8 score

School:	38.2
England Average:	46.7

EBacc average point score

School:	3.2
England Average:	4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
4out of 4	Hampden Way Nursery School Hampden Way, Southgate N14 5DJ	2,128 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
4out of 4	Moss Hall Nursery School 189 Nether Street, Finchley N3 1NR	2,481 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
4out of 4	St John's CofE Junior Mixed and Infant School Crescent Road, Friern Barnet N11 3LB	126 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
3out of 4	Holly Park Primary School Bellevue Road, Friern Barnet N11 3HG	306 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
3out of 4	St Paul's CofE Primary School N11 The Avenue, Friern Barnet N11 1NQ	795 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
2out of 4	Summerside Primary Academy Crossway, Finchley N12 0QU	1,294 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
3out of 4	Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School The Limes Avenue, N11 1RD	1,397 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
3out of 4	Friern Barnet School Hemington Avenue, Friern Barnet N11 3LS	0 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
4out of 4	The Compton School Summers Lane, N12 0QG	1,000 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
3out of 4	St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School North London Business Park, N11 1NP	1,127 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
4out of 4	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School Nether Street, North Finchley N12 7NJ	1,970 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Girls	More About School
3out of 4	Finchley Catholic High School Woodside Lane, Finchley N12 8TA	2,143 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Boys	More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
- not rated	Woodhouse College Woodhouse Road, N12 9EY	1,190 yd	Academy 16-19 converter	No	Mixed	More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
4out of 4	Wren Academy Finchley Hilton Avenue, North Finchley N12 9HB	1,086 yd	Academy sponsor led	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness		Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
- not rated	Dwight School London 6 Friern Barnet Lane, N11 3LX	430 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
4out of 4	Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone N20 0DH	1,114 yd	Community special school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
- not rated	Woodside School 25 Ravensdale Avenue, N12 9HP	1,472 yd	Other independent special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
- not rated	Focus 1st Academy 339 Bowes Road, New Southgate N11 1BA	1,566 yd	Other independent school	No	Mixed	More About School
- not rated	The Holmewood School 88 Woodside Park Road, N12 8SH	2,273 yd	Other independent special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.