Which school has the best GCSE results in Barnet?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The Henrietta Barnett School tops the table in Barnet with 87.3, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

27 state secondary schools in Barnet ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 13 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 28 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Barnet ranked on Attainment 8

27 of 28 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Barnet ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	The Henrietta Barnett School London · Academy converter	87.3	100%	100%	8.65	104
2	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Academy converter	85.6	99%	100%	8.55	193
3	St Michael's Catholic Grammar School London · Voluntary aided school	77.8	96%	98%	7.39	127
4	Menorah High School for Girls London · Voluntary aided school	66.7	85%	92%	6.42	59
5	Hasmonean High School for Girls London · Academy converter	63.7	84%	92%	6.08	79
6	Finchley Catholic High School London · Voluntary aided school	62.3	79%	88%	5.16	173
7	Mill Hill County High School London · Academy converter	61.2	75%	87%	5.92	239
8	JCoSS New Barnet · Voluntary aided school	60.9	77%	88%	4.92	190
9	Ashmole Academy London · Academy converter	59.9	69%	87%	5.77	260
10	Wren Academy Finchley London · Academy sponsor led	59.8	70%	84%	5.59	184
11	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet · Academy converter	58.6	70%	83%	5.40	190
12	The Totteridge Academy London · Academy sponsor led	58.2	71%	88%	5.19	177
13	Christ's College Finchley London · Academy converter	56.8	68%	80%	5.32	157
14	Hasmonean High School for Boys London · Academy converter	56.5	74%	85%	5.35	111
15	Ark Pioneer Academy Barnet · Free schools	56.0	62%	80%	5.56	177
16	The Archer Academy London · Free schools	55.9	57%	81%	5.36	156
17	The Compton School London · Academy converter	54.8	52%	79%	4.96	206
18	East Barnet School Barnet · Academy converter	53.0	57%	77%	4.72	220
19	Bishop Douglass School Finchley London · Academy converter	52.5	54%	70%	4.84	124
20	London Academy Edgware · Academy sponsor led	51.7	54%	75%	4.78	194
21	St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School London · Free schools	51.6	59%	76%	4.81	105
22	St James' Catholic High School London · Voluntary aided school	51.4	56%	75%	4.71	206
23	Copthall School London · Academy converter	47.4	40%	59%	4.32	161
24	Saracens High School London · Free schools	47.1	47%	68%	4.30	161
25	Hendon School London · Academy converter	44.9	45%	62%	3.95	208
26=	Clarion London · Academy converter	44.8	37%	55%	4.06	106
26=	Friern Barnet School London · Community school	44.8	30%	53%	3.79	142
–	St Mary's and St John's CofE School London · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

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

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	16.5	9%	46
Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls London · Other independent school	53.6	70%	46
Brampton College London · Other independent school	6.7	0%	15
Menorah Grammar School Edgware · Other independent school	31.8	21%	43
Mill Hill School Foundation London · Other independent school	43.1	0%	225
Mount House School Barnet · Other independent school	24.2	0%	54
North London Grammar School London · Other independent school	55.5	72%	43
Pardes House Grammar School London · Other independent school	15.8	7%	72
Shiras Devorah High School Other independent school	18.9	22%	27
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School Barnet · Other independent school	28.2	46%	11
The King Alfred School London · Other independent school	28.0	15%	54
Tiferes High School London · Other independent school	62.5	74%	35
WENTWORTH COLLEGE London · Other independent school	20.0	12%	17

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: 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