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Ashmole Academy

URN
136308
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ashmole Academy
URN
136308
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

78

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

65

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of secondary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#10 of 25 schools in Barnet

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: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very 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 Ashmole Academy

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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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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • 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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Admissions strategy for Ashmole Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
30 April 2026
Inspection date
11 March 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Inclusion

    Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Very 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)

256

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

1,165

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

256

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.55×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Barnet
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Barnet)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.ashmoleacademy.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Barnet 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

59.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

68.8%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

86.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

85.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

N14 5RJ - Cecil Road, Southgate, London

Contact details

Address
Cecil Road, Southgate, London
Postcode
N14 5RJ
Phone
2083612703
Website
http://www.ashmoleacademy.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Barnet
Local authority code
302

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 277 schools in Barnet.

Authority statistics

Total schools

277

Open schools

175

Closed schools

102

Primary schools

129

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.
  • Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Achievement

    Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Strong standard

    Graded 11 March 2026

  • Post-16

    Strong standard
  • View official Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)

    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    30 April 202611 March 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 30 April 2026
    31 January 202230 November 2021S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 31 January 2022
    • Report card

      Published
      30 April 2026
      Inspected
      11 March 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      31 January 2022
      Inspected
      30 November 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    22.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 229

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

    EBacc achievement

    50.8%

    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

    38.8

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.27

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    13.9%

    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 %

    97.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    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

    45

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary129 (47.3%)
    • Secondary45 (16.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other99 (36.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ashmole School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Southgate College234 m16 plusClosed
    Ashmole Primary School249 mPrimaryOpen
    Osidge Primary School454 mPrimaryClosed
    Osidge Primary School454 mPrimaryOpen
    St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)566 mPrimaryOpen
    Hampden Way Nursery School650 mNurseryOpen
    Walker Primary School666 mPrimaryClosed
    Walker Primary School666 mPrimaryOpen
    West Grove Primary879 mPrimaryOpen
    • Ashmole School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Southgate College
      Distance
      234 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Closed
    • Ashmole Primary School
      Distance
      249 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Osidge Primary School
      Distance
      454 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Osidge Primary School

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Barnet)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ark Pioneer AcademySecondaryEN5 2BEOpen
    Ashmole SchoolSecondaryN14 5RJClosed
    Bishop Douglass School FinchleySecondaryN2 0SQOpen
    Bishop Douglass School FinchleySecondaryN2 0SQClosed
    Christ Church CofE Secondary SchoolSecondaryN12 9HBClosed
    • Ark Pioneer Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      EN5 2BE
      Status
      Open
    • Ashmole School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      N14 5RJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Douglass School Finchley
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      N2 0SQ
      Status
      Open
    • Bishop Douglass School Finchley
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      N2 0SQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Christ Church CofE Secondary School
    Distance
    454 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)
    Distance
    566 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hampden Way Nursery School
    Distance
    650 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Walker Primary School
    Distance
    666 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Walker Primary School
    Distance
    666 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • West Grove Primary
    Distance
    879 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    N12 9HB
    Status
    Closed