Mill Hill County High School

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Barnet·NW7 4LL
Composite score
76.5
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#225
National rank
#56
In London
#7
In Barnet
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
61.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
75%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
87%
% EBacc grade 5+
54%
EBacc average points score
5.92

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 11/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
61%
324 first choices, 232 places
First choices per place
1.40
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
947
any preference, for 232 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5920221.7220231.6720241.3720251.402026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Mill Hill County High 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
1,651
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
32.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
2.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,204
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
97%
244 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Mill Hill County High School is a secondary school serving London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,651 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 61.2, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.7 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 7% of secondary schools in England.

75% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 87% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 61% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (324 first choices for 232 places). After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. Mill Hill County High 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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