The Compton School

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Barnet·N12 0QG
Composite score
68.5
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#481
National rank
#146
In London
#17
In Barnet
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
24%
EBacc average points score
4.96

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
69%
204 first choices, 204 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,032
any preference, for 204 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0520221.0520230.8420241.0820251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Compton School yet. Barnet does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,352
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
51.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,876
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
206 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Compton School

The Compton School is a secondary school in London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,352 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 54.8, above the national average of 46. That is down 2.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 15% of secondary schools in England.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 69% of the families who made The Compton School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. The Compton School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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