St Mary's and St John's CofE School, London

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St Mary's and St John's CofE School

Bennett House, Sunningfields Road, Hendon, London NW4 4QR

https://www.smsj.barnet.sch.uk/

St Mary's and St John's CofE School is a non-selective, Church of England secondary school maintained by the local authority (Barnet). It has about 1,650 boys and girls aged between 4 and 18. (See here for details of the primary school.) In February 2024 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Progress, Disadvantaged pupils, Attendance and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Sixth form, Representation, Environment and Finances.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.6		Hasmonean High School for Boys
0.6		Hendon School
0.8		Hasmonean High School for Girls
0.9		St James' Catholic High School
1.0		Saracens High School
1.1		Copthall School
1.4		Whitefield School
1.7		Christ's College Finchley
1.8		The Henrietta Barnett School
2.1		Bishop Douglass School Finchley
2.1		Kingsbury High School
2.2		Menorah High School for Girls

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Progress: Excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Excellent. Progress up to age 16 is excellent. Destinations at 16 are above average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Attainment: About average. Up to age 16 it is excellent, while at ages 16-18 it is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Destinations: About average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is roughly average.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very high, while crime is roughly average.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Sixth form: Poor. Attainment is below average.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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