Menorah High School for Girls
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Girls · Barnet
105 Brook Road, London, NW2 7BZ
99
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Improved significantly
No graded inspection
Application demand
62%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
35.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
422
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
400 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
62%
1st preference success rate
59 of 95 families who put it first got an offer
59
Places offered
105
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 95 | 59 | ● 62% |
| 2nd preference | 8 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 0 | 0 | — |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 105 | 59 | 56% |
1st preference success by year
Barnet lets families list 6 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Esther Pearlman
- Address
- 105 Brook Road, London, NW2 7BZ
- Phone
- 02082080500
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward / constituency
- Dollis Hill · Brent East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142627
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
422 pupils · 400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Improved significantly
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 305 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
35.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 69.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.58 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 43.13 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 66.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 84.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 91.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 67.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.42 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 59 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.56 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 32 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 59 | 54% | 92% | 98% | |
| Combined Science | 59 | 47% | 85% | 95% | |
| English Language | 59 | 32% | 86% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 58 | 26% | 81% | 93% | |
| Hebrew Language | 54 | 96% | 98% | 100% | |
| History | 33 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 33 | 55% | 91% | 100% | |
| French | 21 | 95% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biblical Hebrew | 18 | 83% | 94% | 100% | |
| Social Studies | 10 | 0% | 90% | 100% | |
| Geography | 9 | 33% | 56% | 56% | |
| Computer Science | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 15 | 13% | 20% | 47% | |
| Mathematics | 14 | 0% | 50% | 71% | |
| Biology | 13 | 8% | 23% | 62% | |
| History | 10 | 20% | 50% | 90% | |
| Economics | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 14% | 14% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Other Classical Languages | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Photography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Modern Hebrew | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #324 of 1,897 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16528: Menorah High School for Girls, London NW2
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 5% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 5% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Barnet council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.