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Hendon School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 46.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.13 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 44.9[6] 45.2%[6]
2023/24 44.8[4] 42.3%[4] -0.13[4]
2022/23 47[7] 52%[7] +0.22[7]
2021/22 49.3[8] 57%[8] +0.06[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.8% 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 C-[10] 2.8%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 9.3%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 6.8%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 4.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 60%[15] 12%[15] 18%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 59%[16] 9%[16] 26%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 57%[17] 14%[17] 20%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 58%[18] 14%[18] 20%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 78%[20] 54%[20] 59%[20] 4%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 68%[21] 71%[21] 3%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 70%[22] 82%[22] 2%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 80%[23] 49%[23] 66%[23] 3%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
6% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
11% 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 81%[26] 23%[26]
2019/20 92%[25] 14%[25] 11%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 7%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 87%[28] 18%[28] 16%[28] 0%[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
18 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
6 Jul 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
322 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
71 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
200 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 380[30] 83[30] 193[30] 2.0[30] 0.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 386[30] 90[30] 200[30] 1.9[30] 0.5[30]
Entry Sept 2023 450[30] 84[30] 194[30] 2.3[30] 0.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022 518[30] 119[30] 205[30] 2.5[30] 0.6[30]

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
1269[1]
Trust
HENDON SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.hendonschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Barnet[31]
Postcode
NW4 2HP[1]
URN
137645[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1222 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
47.5% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
13.6% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.9% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
27.4%[33]
Mixed
14.1%[33]
Asian
12.8%[33]
Black
14.7%[33]
Any other ethnic group
24.7%[33]
Unclassified
6.2%[33]

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.

Sources

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    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.
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    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.
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