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JFS

URN
133724
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
JFS
URN
133724
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

86 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

75

Admissions Value

88

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#2 of 14 schools in Brent

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for JFS

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
16 June 2022
Inspection date
4 April 2022
Inspection type
Schools into Special Measures Visit 2
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

340

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

762

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

340

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.24×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Brent
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Brent)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.jfs.brent.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Brent to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

64.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

79.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

90.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

63.3%

EBacc achievement

Location

HA3 9TE - Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex

Contact details

Address
Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex
Postcode
HA3 9TE
Phone
2082063100
Website
www.jfs.brent.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Brent
Local authority code
304

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 195 schools in Brent.

Authority statistics

Total schools

195

Open schools

103

Closed schools

92

Primary schools

102

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 16 June 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    16 June 20224 April 2022Schools into Special Measures Visit 2GoodView report for inspection published 16 June 2022
    • Good

      Published
      16 June 2022
      Inspected
      4 April 2022
      Type
      Schools into Special Measures Visit 2
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    44.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 287

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    48.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Above average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    46.1

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.36

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    38.2%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    96.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    1.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    32

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary102 (53.4%)
    • Secondary32 (16.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other57 (29.8%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Sinai Jewish Primary School171 mPrimaryOpen
    Kingsbury Green Primary School822 mPrimaryOpen
    Southover Partnership School875 mNot applicableOpen
    St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School902 mPrimaryOpen
    Claremont High School961 mSecondaryOpen
    Claremont High School961 mSecondaryClosed
    Kingsbury High School1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    Kingsbury High School1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Sinai Jewish Primary School
      Distance
      171 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Kingsbury Green Primary School
      Distance
      822 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Southover Partnership School
      Distance
      875 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      902 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Brent)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alperton Community SchoolSecondaryHA0 4JEOpen
    Alperton Community SchoolSecondaryHA0 4JEClosed
    Ark Elvin AcademySecondaryHA9 7DUOpen
    Aylestone Community SchoolSecondaryNW6 7BQClosed
    Brondesbury and Kilburn SchoolSecondaryNW6 6PEClosed
    • Alperton Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA0 4JE
      Status
      Open
    • Alperton Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA0 4JE
      Status
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    • Ark Elvin Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA9 7DU
      Status
      Open
    • Aylestone Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW6 7BQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Brondesbury and Kilburn School
    Claremont High School
    Distance
    961 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Claremont High School
    Distance
    961 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kingsbury High School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Kingsbury High School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    NW6 6PE
    Status
    Closed