Saracens High School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Barnet
Corner Mead, London, NW9 4AS
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 24/05/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.2%
15.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,170
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,130 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
146 of 146 families who put it first got an offer
186
Places offered
442
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 146 | 146 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 20 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 85 | 10 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 104 | 7 | ● 7% |
| Total | 442 | 183 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Barnet lets families list 6 preferences. 38 applications came from outside the council area (8 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Matthew Stevens
- Address
- Corner Mead, London, NW9 4AS
- Phone
- 02081813180
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Ward / constituency
- Colindale North · Hendon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145921
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 58% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 62% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SARACENS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
1,170 pupils · 1,130 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
24 May 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 930 pupils
Attendance
94.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
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 | 55.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.42 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.05 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 45.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 33.23 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 3.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 51 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 160 | 14% | 53% | 74% | |
| Mathematics | 159 | 23% | 56% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 159 | 16% | 60% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 128 | 11% | 41% | 62% | |
| Spanish | 79 | 34% | 62% | 76% | |
| Geography | 79 | 10% | 42% | 63% | |
| History | 77 | 23% | 56% | 64% | |
| Social Studies | 75 | 4% | 47% | 56% | |
| Computer Science | 65 | 9% | 43% | 55% | |
| Art and Design | 41 | 7% | 44% | 76% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 36 | 3% | 39% | 53% | |
| Physical Education | 34 | 9% | 44% | 62% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 29 | 0% | 14% | 34% | |
| Economics | 21 | 5% | 24% | 67% | |
| Business Studies | 16 | 0% | 6% | 44% | |
| Biology | 15 | 0% | 0% | 40% | |
| Chemistry | 12 | 0% | 8% | 58% | |
| Sociology | 11 | 0% | 18% | 55% | |
| History | 7 | 14% | 14% | 43% | |
| Art and Design | 7 | 14% | 14% | 57% | |
| Government and Politics | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20839: Saracens High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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.
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.