JCoSS, New Barnet

In 2026, pupils at JCoSS averaged an Attainment 8 score of 61, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 57.9 in Barnet and 47 across England.

74% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 66% in Barnet and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 60.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.97: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 51.2, against 62 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 306 families put JCoSS as their first choice and 739 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 150 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to JCoSS are East Barnet School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 49.9); Ark Pioneer Academy (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.8); Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.2); and Southgate School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.4).

JCoSS's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 167 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 52% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 113 pupils (8.3%) received SEN support and 112 (8.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

JCoSS has a resourced provision for autism: 49 places, 51 pupils on roll.

JCoSS had 114 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is New Barnet Station, about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hertford Road (->s), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 171 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Barnet (370).

In 2024/25, JCoSS issued 92 suspensions, 6.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to JCoSS are Livingstone Primary and Nursery School (0.1 miles), Cromer Road Primary School (0.4 miles), Trent CofE Primary School (0.8 miles) and Danegrove Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.