St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · London, Barnet
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From London Borough of Barnet · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Michael's Catholic Grammar School is a secondary school in London, Barnet for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2020 | Not published |
| Year 7 2015 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 177 first-choice applications for 127 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 8th highest of 25 Barnet secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 119 offers went to first-choice families and 58 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 167 of the 288 applications came from families living outside Barnet, and 79 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 96% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Barnet.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnet schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Nether Street, North Finchley, London, N12 7NJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 908 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have very high expectations of pupils.”
- “Pupils embrace these alongside the school aim of ‘academic curiosity’.”
- “For example, pupils voluntarily investigated the Radical Design movement as preparation for a design and technology module.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 96% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 77.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | A- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 177 first-preference applications, 127 offers in total, 119 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnet.
- Finchley Catholic High School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Compton School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Friern Barnet School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Douglass School Finchley 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ's College Finchley 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Archer Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Totteridge Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published