GCSE results 2026

Barnet GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 28 state secondary schools in Barnet, 4,604 pupils. Barnet ranks 4 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

65.4%

17.6 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

31.0%

16.3 pts above England

Attainment 8

57.7

10.1 points above England

Council rank

4 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Barnet at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (87.1); highest non-selective: Wren Academy Finchley (65.1).
Schools range from 41.5 to 87.1 on Attainment 8, a spread of 45.6 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 46.3, 15.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (84.0).
Barnet has 3 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Barnet.
Most improved on 2025: The Archer Academy, up 5.7 points to 61.6.

Every Barnet secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetGrammar · Boys	192	87.1	+1.5	100.0%	100.0%	96.9%	84.0
2	The Henrietta Barnett SchoolGrammar · Girls	104	87.1	−0.2	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	83.3
3	St Michael's Catholic Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls · Roman Catholic	127	78.1	+0.3	100.0%	99.2%	78.7%	78.1
4	Wren Academy FinchleyChurch of England · Top 10% three years running	179	65.1	+5.3	91.6%	82.1%	44.1%	55.2
5	Menorah High School for GirlsGirls · Jewish · Top 10% three years running	67	62.5	−4.2	89.6%	80.6%	29.9%	—
6	The Archer AcademyTop 10% three years running	163	61.6	+5.7	83.4%	70.6%	37.4%	49.2
7	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolGirls · Top 10% three years running	184	61.2	+2.6	88.0%	73.9%	33.2%	52.9
8	Ashmole AcademyTop 10% three years running	258	61.1	+1.2	89.1%	76.0%	29.5%	56.7
9	JCoSSJewish · Top 10% three years running	187	61.0	+0.1	85.0%	73.8%	38.5%	51.2
10	The Totteridge AcademyTop 10% three years running	178	60.9	+2.7	84.8%	74.7%	43.3%	48.8
11	Mill Hill County High SchoolPartially selective	239	60.8	−0.4	82.0%	71.1%	33.9%	49.0
12	Hasmonean High School for GirlsGirls · Jewish · Top 10% three years running	91	60.6	−3.1	86.8%	73.6%	34.1%	43.6
13	Hasmonean High School for BoysBoys · Jewish · Top 10% three years running	95	60.0	+3.5	87.4%	80.0%	35.8%	—
14	Finchley Catholic High SchoolBoys · Roman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	174	59.5	−2.8	85.6%	69.5%	24.1%	51.8
15	Christ's College Finchley	158	56.4	−0.4	82.3%	64.6%	27.2%	48.9
16	The Compton School	206	55.5	+0.7	78.6%	60.7%	25.7%	45.7
17	St Mary's and St John's CofE SchoolChurch of England	166	54.5	—	79.5%	60.8%	20.5%	48.6
18	Ark Pioneer Academy	174	53.8	−2.2	77.0%	61.5%	20.1%	48.9
19	London Academy	200	52.9	+1.2	77.5%	62.5%	23.0%	47.6
20	St James' Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	233	50.4	−1.0	70.4%	52.8%	19.7%	41.7
21	East Barnet School	217	49.9	−3.1	70.0%	54.8%	17.5%	39.1
22	St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolGreek Orthodox	104	49.5	−2.1	68.3%	58.7%	13.5%	42.9
23	Bishop Douglass School FinchleyRoman Catholic	142	47.3	−5.2	58.5%	40.1%	14.8%	40.0
24	Saracens High School	169	47.1	0.0	67.5%	48.5%	10.1%	43.9
25	Copthall SchoolGirls	142	47.0	−0.4	62.7%	43.0%	9.9%	41.2
26	Hendon School	199	46.6	+1.7	61.3%	44.7%	11.1%	42.0
27	Clarion	120	43.4	−1.4	56.7%	36.7%	9.2%	39.2
28	Friern Barnet School	136	41.5	−3.3	50.7%	30.1%	7.4%	36.3
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Barnet against the rest of London

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.