Which school has the best GCSE results in Barnet?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet tops the table in Barnet with 87.1, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Barnet schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Barnet show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Barnet GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

28 state secondary schools in Barnet ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 13 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 28 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Barnet ranked on Attainment 8

28 of 28 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Barnet ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1= , up 1 place since 2025	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Academy converter	87.1	97%	100%	100%	–	192
1=	The Henrietta Barnett School London · Academy converter	87.1	100%	100%	100%	–	104
3	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School London · Voluntary aided school	78.1	79%	99%	100%	–	127
4 , up 6 places since 2025	Wren Academy Finchley London · Academy sponsor led	65.1	44%	82%	92%	–	179
5 , down 1 place since 2025	Menorah High School for Girls London · Voluntary aided school	62.5	30%	81%	90%	–	67
6 , up 10 places since 2025	The Archer Academy London · Free schools	61.6	37%	71%	83%	–	163
7 , up 4 places since 2025	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet · Academy converter	61.2	33%	74%	88%	–	184
8 , up 1 place since 2025	Ashmole Academy London · Academy converter	61.1	30%	76%	89%	–	258
9 , down 1 place since 2025	JCoSS New Barnet · Voluntary aided school	61.0	39%	74%	85%	–	187
10 , up 2 places since 2025	The Totteridge Academy London · Academy sponsor led	60.9	43%	75%	85%	–	178
11 , down 4 places since 2025	Mill Hill County High School London · Academy converter	60.8	34%	71%	82%	–	239
12 , down 7 places since 2025	Hasmonean High School for Girls London · Academy converter	60.6	34%	74%	87%	–	91
13 , up 1 place since 2025	Hasmonean High School for Boys London · Academy converter	60.0	36%	80%	87%	–	95
14 , down 8 places since 2025	Finchley Catholic High School London · Voluntary aided school	59.5	24%	70%	86%	–	174
15 , down 2 places since 2025	Christ's College Finchley London · Academy converter	56.4	27%	65%	82%	–	158
16 , up 1 place since 2025	The Compton School London · Academy converter	55.5	26%	61%	79%	–	206
17	St Mary's and St John's CofE School London · Academy converter	54.5	21%	61%	80%	–	166
18 , down 3 places since 2025	Ark Pioneer Academy Barnet · Free schools	53.8	20%	62%	77%	–	174
19 , up 1 place since 2025	London Academy Edgware · Academy sponsor led	52.9	23%	63%	78%	–	200
20 , up 2 places since 2025	St James' Catholic High School London · Voluntary aided school	50.4	20%	53%	70%	–	233
21 , down 3 places since 2025	East Barnet School Barnet · Academy converter	49.9	18%	55%	70%	–	217
22 , down 1 place since 2025	St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School London · Free schools	49.5	14%	59%	68%	–	104
23 , down 4 places since 2025	Bishop Douglass School Finchley London · Academy converter	47.3	15%	40%	59%	–	142
24	Saracens High School London · Free schools	47.1	10%	49%	68%	–	169
25 , down 2 places since 2025	Copthall School London · Academy converter	47.0	10%	43%	63%	–	142
26 , down 1 place since 2025	Hendon School London · Academy converter	46.6	11%	45%	61%	–	199
27 , down 1 place since 2025	Clarion London · Academy converter	43.4	9%	37%	57%	–	120
28 , down 2 places since 2025	Friern Barnet School London · Community school	41.5	7%	30%	51%	–	136

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Barnet with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Beis Medrash Elyon London · Other independent school	16.7	9%	32
Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls London · Other independent school	58.4	70%	77
Brampton College London · Other independent school	0.4	0%	116
Menorah Grammar School Edgware · Other independent school	24.5	15%	47
Mill Hill Schools London · Other independent school	42.5	0%	236
Mount House School Barnet · Other independent school	32.6	0%	42
North London Grammar School London · Other independent school	54.6	70%	37
Pardes House Grammar School London · Other independent school	16.8	9%	55
Shiras Devorah High School Other independent school	48.8	63%	16
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School Barnet · Other independent school	27.4	56%	9
The King Alfred School London · Other independent school	33.0	16%	56
Tiferes High School London · Other independent school	55.1	61%	18
WENTWORTH COLLEGE London · Other independent school	30.9	36%	11

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Barnet on our composite score

Barnet GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Barnet ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Barnet with published GCSE results

More about schools in Barnet

Barnet GCSE results: common questions