JCoSS
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–19 · New Barnet, Barnet
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.607 miles
Published by London Borough of Barnet · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
JCoSS is a secondary school in New Barnet, Barnet for ages 11–19 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
JCoSS 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 | 1.607 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.726 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.099 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.749 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.316 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.607 miles away, the 4th longest of 12 Barnet secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 306 first-choice applications for 170 offers: 156 offers went to first-choice families, and 150 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd 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
- Castlewood Road, New Barnet, EN4 9GE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 1,356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this ambitious, supportive and inspiring school.”
- “Leaders have embedded an ethos that promotes tolerance and inclusion.”
- “They think carefully about how to develop each pupil as an individual.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, while the curriculum is working well in the classroom overall in Years 7 to 11, a few inconsistencies remain.”
- “For example, on occasion, staff do not follow agreed approaches for supporting and checking pupils’ learning in a subject.”
- “Leaders are working on ironing out these remaining inconsistencies.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 January 2023 (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) | 77% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 60.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B+ | 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: 306 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 156 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.
- East Barnet School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Pioneer Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Totteridge Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Finchley Catholic High School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashmole Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published