The Archer Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B78
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- London, N2 8GA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
Hamilton Road, East Finchley, London, N2 0SQ
Local ranking19th of 28 secondary schools in Barnet
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1080
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 5 July 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 142
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
107
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 262
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1013
- Boys
- 530 (55%)
- Girls
- 438 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1080 (90% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.1%
- EAL
- 53.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,026/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 21.1%
- Other: 20.1%
- White Other: 15.9%
- Mixed Other: 12.9%
- Black Caribbean: 8.6%
- White British: 5.5%
- Asian Other: 5.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
21.1%
Black African
20.1%
Other
15.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hamilton Road
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 143082
- UKPRN
- 10057424
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST
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