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The Henrietta Barnett School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 87 87.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A A 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
87.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
100% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
100% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.09 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 87.3[6] 100%[6]
2023/24 86.4[4] 99%[4] +1.09[4]
2022/23 87.6[7] 100%[7] +1.10[7]
2021/22 88.2[8] 99%[8] +0.98[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
70.4% 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 A+[10] 88.5%[10]
2022/23 A[11] 69.7%[11]
2021/22 A+[12] 87.2%[12]
2018/19 A[13] 71.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
100% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
0% 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
2021/22 100%[15] 95%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 93%[16] 6%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 93%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 90%[18] 3%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[19]
Education
81% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 73%[20] 1%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 72%[21] 5%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 74%[22] 2%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 85%[23] 0%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
93% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
86% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
93% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
28% 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 89%[26] 80%[26]
2019/20 98%[25] 91%[25] 93%[25] 28%[25]
2018/19 96%[27] 87%[27] 87%[27] 18%[27]
2017/18 100%[28] 90%[28] 82%[28] 18%[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
4 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Oct 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
365 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
220 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
120 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 410[31] 238[31] 100[31] 4.1[31] 2.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 396[31] 199[31] 102[31] 3.9[31] 2.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 426[31] 228[31] 104[31] 4.1[31] 2.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022 395[31] 222[31] 101[31] 3.9[31] 2.2[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
779[1]
Trust
THE HENRIETTA BARNETT SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://www.hbschool.org.uk[1]
District
Barnet[32]
Postcode
NW11 7BN[1]
URN
138051[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
807 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
46% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
8%[34]
Mixed
11.1%[34]
Asian
74.9%[34]
Black
2.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
3.2%[34]
Unclassified
0.4%[34]

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
leaders have created an environment where pupils’ desire to learn trumps everything else.[35]
Pastoral care
Leaders employ a wide range of support staff to enhance further the support they provide for pupils.[35]
Behaviour
Throughout the school, pupils behave exceptionally well.[35]
Learning support
This includes some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who require accurate assessment of their knowledge and skills.[35]
Enrichment
This includes debating clubs and a symphony orchestra, as well as sports, drama and engineering provision.[35]
Pupil voice
through the student-led creation of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) forum.[35]
Independence
Pupils maintain their focus in lessons for long periods of time and enjoy thinking about the questions teachers pose.[35]
Diversity
The school is an inclusive community where difference is valued.[35]
Visual arts
in art, pupils learn how to use colour in increasingly sophisticated ways.[35]

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.
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  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.
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  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.
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    Quotes (9)
    leaders have created an environment where pupils' desire to learn trumps everything else (p. 3)
    Leaders employ a wide range of support staff to enhance further the support they provide for pupils (p. 4)
    Throughout the school, pupils behave exceptionally well (p. 3)
    The school is an inclusive community where difference is valued (p. 3)
    This includes debating clubs and a symphony orchestra, as well as sports, drama and engineering provision (p. 3)
    through the student-led creation of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) forum (p. 3)
    in art, pupils learn how to use colour in increasingly sophisticated ways (p. 2)
    Pupils maintain their focus in lessons for long periods of time and enjoy thinking about the questions teachers pose (p. 2)
    This includes some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who require accurate assessment of their knowledge and skills (p. 3)