Bishop Douglass School Finchley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 47 47.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 47.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 40.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 14.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.43 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	Progress 8
2024/25	52.5[6]	54%[6]
2023/24	53.4[4]	57.4%[4]	+0.43[4]
2022/23	56[7]	63%[7]	+0.88[7]
2021/22	54.7[8]	58%[8]	+0.63[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 10.8% 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]	18.5%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	2.9%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	20%[12]
2018/19	C[13]	2.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 76% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 12% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 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	94%[15]	78%[15]	3%[15]	11%[15]	0%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	92%[16]	76%[16]	7%[16]	7%[16]	1%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	96%[17]	82%[17]	1%[17]	9%[17]	1%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	98%[18]	76%[18]	9%[18]	11%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 74% 2022/23[19]
Education: 80% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 11% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	87%[20]	74%[20]	77%[20]	0%[20]	9%[20]
2020/21	92%[21]	73%[21]	85%[21]	2%[21]	5%[21]
2019/20	83%[22]	59%[22]	71%[22]	3%[22]	9%[22]
2018/19	79%[23]	60%[23]	73%[23]	0%[23]	6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 83% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 18% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 18% 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	93%[26]	35%[26]
2019/20	86%[25]	21%[25]	18%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	82%[27]	5%[27]	3%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	84%[28]	29%[28]	25%[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: 5 Jul 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: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
13 Nov 2018[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 327 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 35 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 125 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	329[31]	60[31]	136[31]	2.4[31]	0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024	351[31]	55[31]	117[31]	3.0[31]	0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023	402[31]	65[31]	174[31]	2.3[31]	0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022	450[31]	95[31]	180[31]	2.5[31]	0.5[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1080[1]
Trust: THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Barnet[1]
Website: http://www.bishopdouglass.barnet.sch.uk/[1]
District: Barnet [32]
Postcode: N2 0SQ[1]
URN: 143082[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1013 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 53% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 11.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 1.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 37.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 20.5%[34]
Mixed: 16%[34]
Asian: 9.6%[34]
Black: 29.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 19.4%[34]
Unclassified: 4.8%[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.

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