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The Archer Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 62 61.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
61.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
70.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
37.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.61 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55.9[5] 57.1%[5]
2023/24 58.9[3] 67.3%[3] +0.61[3]
2022/23 60.3[6] 69%[6] +0.74[6]
2021/22 58.2[7] 69%[7] +0.51[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
26% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
43% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 29%[9] 39%[9] 21%[9] 1%[9] 0%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 27%[10] 39%[10] 24%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 98%[11] 24%[11] 43%[11] 26%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 25%[12] 42%[12] 25%[12] 0%[12] 1%[12]

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
14 Jan 2025[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
10 Feb 2025[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[14] S5 Inspection[14] Outstanding[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
1018 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
244 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
147 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 982[15] 230[15] 152[15] 6.5[15] 1.5[15]
Entry Sept 2024 1027[15] 249[15] 150[15] 6.8[15] 1.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023 975[15] 268[15] 152[15] 6.4[15] 1.8[15]
Entry Sept 2022 1015[15] 240[15] 153[15] 6.6[15] 1.6[15]

Priority areas

Priority catchment area
Postcodes N2, N3, NW11 · 45% of places N2, 35% N3, 20% NW11, closest first Entry Sept 2027[16]

Admissions

Catchment, as the policy words it
priority catchment area – which is the postcode areas N2, N3 and NW11 – as follows: 45% of places will be offered to children whose home address is within N2, 35% to children whose home address is within N3 and 20% of places to children whose home address is within NW11 2026-10-14[16]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
162 2026-10-14[16]
Sibling priority
Children who will have siblings in the school at the time when they are admitted to the school 2026-10-14[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
810[1]
Trust
THE ARCHER ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
http://thearcheracademy.org.uk/[1]
District
Barnet[17]
Postcode
N2 8GA[1]
URN
139594[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
809 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
27.6% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
16.3% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
5.9% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
60.5%[19]
Mixed
18.2%[19]
Asian
8.9%[19]
Black
3.5%[19]
Any other ethnic group
7.8%[19]
Unclassified
1%[19]

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
As a result, pupils achieve highly, including in public examinations, and grow into confident learners.[20]
Warmth
The school fosters a happy, welcoming and inclusive environment where academic excellence and personal development hold equal importance. They benefit from excellent relationships with each other and with staff.[20]
Pastoral care
Pupils are cared for well and have adults they trust, who they can talk to if they have problems.[20]
Behaviour
Behaviour is highly positive. The school fosters a calm and productive atmosphere, ensuring a safe environment for all.[20]
Learning support
Teachers skilfully adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.[20]
Enrichment
The school’s provision for pupils’ wider development is exemplary.[20]
Independence
This helps pupils to develop increasing levels of independence.[20]
Collaboration
Pupils typically demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning, actively collaborating with their peers during lessons to maximise their learning.[20]
Structure
The school has recently made some very well-received adjustments to its behaviour approaches, with a greater focus on rewards[20]

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: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. thearcheracademy.org.uk: thearcheracademy.org.uk — Admissions policy 2027-28. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    Children in the priority catchment area - which is the postcode areas N2, N3 and NW11 - as follows: 45% of places will be offered to children whose home address is within N2, 35% to children whose home address is within N3 and 20% of places to children whose home address is within NW11. (p. 1)
    The Archer Academy's Planned Admission Number (PAN) for admission to Year 7 in 2027-28 is 162. (p. 1)
    3. Children who will have siblings in the school at the time when they are admitted to the school (see Note 3). (p. 1)
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. 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.
  20. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (10)
    The school fosters a happy, welcoming and inclusive environment where academic excellence and personal development hold equal importance (p. 1)
    They benefit from excellent relationships with each other and with staff (p. 2)
    As a result, pupils achieve highly, including in public examinations, and grow into confident learners (p. 1)
    Pupils are cared for well and have adults they trust, who they can talk to if they have problems (p. 2)
    Behaviour is highly positive. The school fosters a calm and productive atmosphere, ensuring a safe environment for all (p. 1)
    The school has recently made some very well-received adjustments to its behaviour approaches, with a greater focus on rewards (p. 2)
    The school's provision for pupils' wider development is exemplary (p. 1)
    This helps pupils to develop increasing levels of independence (p. 2)
    Pupils typically demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning, actively collaborating with their peers during lessons to maximise their learning (p. 1)
    Teachers skilfully adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (p. 2)