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Ashmole Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 61 61.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
61.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
76% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
29.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.85 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 59.9[6] 68.8%[6]
2023/24 62.2[4] 78.6%[4] +0.85[4]
2022/23 61.3[7] 77%[7] +0.89[7]
2021/22 62.3[8] 78%[8] +0.80[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 17.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 12%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 26.4%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
18% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 73%[15] 2%[15] 19%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 77%[16] 7%[16] 12%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 76%[17] 3%[17] 15%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 70%[18] 5%[18] 20%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 73%[20] 2%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 81%[21] 2%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 83%[22] 1%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 78%[23] 1%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
43% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
46% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 90%[26] 55%[26]
2019/20 93%[25] 49%[25] 46%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 93%[27] 41%[27] 39%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 93%[28] 44%[28] 43%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
30 Apr 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Nov 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1189 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
347 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
252 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1165[31] 336[31] 256[31] 4.6[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1203[31] 351[31] 256[31] 4.7[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1256[31] 378[31] 258[31] 4.9[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1321[31] 373[31] 254[31] 5.2[31] 1.5[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
261 2026-10-14[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1551[1]
Trust
ASHMOLE TRUST[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.ashmoleacademy.org[1]
District
Barnet[33]
Postcode
N14 5RJ[1]
URN
136308[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1823 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
31.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
5.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
54%[35]
Mixed
18.3%[35]
Asian
15.8%[35]
Black
5.4%[35]
Any other ethnic group
5.8%[35]
Unclassified
0.7%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
GCSE results for all pupils are consistently above the national average, including in English, mathematics and science.[36]
Warmth
Pupils feel a genuine sense of belonging at Ashmole because it is like a second home to them.[36]
Pastoral care
Leaders and staff seamlessly balance this culture of high expectations with effective pastoral care and support.[36]
Behaviour
Pupils' behaviour throughout the school is excellent. Low-level disruption is rare.[36]
Learning support
As a result, teachers and support staff consistently put in place effective strategies to enable pupils with barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing to thrive.[36]
Enrichment
The school provides an extensive, well-considered and responsive personal development and wellbeing offer, which leaders keep under constant review. as well as the diverse range of after-school clubs and societies.[36]
Pupil voice
All pupils are encouraged to have a voice in the school, for instance by joining the equalities or site committee.[36]
Independence
Through the Ashmolean junior and senior scholar programmes, pupils are challenged to discuss complex subject-specific questions.[36]
Structure
This is because behaviour and reward systems are embedded and consistently applied by staff.[36]
Diversity
Pupils are impressively knowledgeable about cultural diversity.[36]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  27. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  32. ashmoleacademy.org: ashmoleacademy.org document (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The published admission number ("PAN") for Year 7 at the Academy is 261 pupils. (p. 3)
  33. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  34. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  35. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  36. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (12)
    Pupils feel a genuine sense of belonging at Ashmole because it is like a second home to them (p. 5)
    GCSE results for all pupils are consistently above the national average, including in English, mathematics and science (p. 2)
    Leaders and staff seamlessly balance this culture of high expectations with effective pastoral care and support (p. 5)
    Pupils' behaviour throughout the school is excellent (p. 2)
    Low-level disruption is rare (p. 2)
    Pupils are impressively knowledgeable about cultural diversity (p. 4)
    This is because behaviour and reward systems are embedded and consistently applied by staff (p. 2)
    The school provides an extensive, well-considered and responsive personal development and wellbeing offer, which leaders keep under constant review (p. 4)
    as well as the diverse range of after-school clubs and societies (p. 4)
    All pupils are encouraged to have a voice in the school, for instance by joining the equalities or site committee (p. 4)
    Through the Ashmolean junior and senior scholar programmes, pupils are challenged to discuss complex subject-specific questions (p. 4)
    As a result, teachers and support staff consistently put in place effective strategies to enable pupils with barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing to thrive (p. 3)