The Totteridge Academy, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "At The Totteridge Academy, we provide a high quality education in a safe, caring, and focused environment. We teach skills and knowledge, enabling our students to become responsible, well-rounded citizens, equipped with the tools to make effective choices for their futures."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball, drama, coding, cooking, debating and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at The Totteridge Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 57.9 in Barnet and 47 across England.

75% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 66% in Barnet and 47% in England.

That is up from 58.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.32: 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 48.8, against 64.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 128 families put The Totteridge Academy as their first choice and 896 named it as one of their preferences, for 167 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Totteridge Academy are Ark Pioneer Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.8); Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.2); Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (1.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 87.1); and Finchley Catholic High School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.5).

The Totteridge Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

The Totteridge Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

134 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Totteridge Academy (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 89% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (89%).

Of the 135 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 43 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (42%), Mixed (14%) and other ethnic groups (8%).

The Totteridge Academy had 49 teachers in 2026, one for every 20 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is High Barnet Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Totteridge Academy /Barnet (->n), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Totteridge Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 89 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, The Totteridge Academy issued 120 suspensions, 12 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Totteridge Academy are Underhill School (0.5 miles); St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Totteridge (0.6 miles); St Catherine's RC School (0.7 miles); and Whitings Hill Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.