The Totteridge Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Barnet·N20 8AZ
Composite score
72.8
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#307
National rank
#88
In London
#12
In Barnet
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
58.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
71%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
88%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
5.19

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
128 first choices, 167 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
896
any preference, for 167 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.46
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9520230.9620241.2320250.772026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Totteridge Academy 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
1,003
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
36.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,110
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
86%
148 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Totteridge Academy is a secondary school serving London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,003 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 58.2, well 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 10% of secondary schools in England.

71% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 88% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 84% of the families who made The Totteridge Academy 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, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. The Totteridge Academy 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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