St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
Nether Street, London, N12 7NJ
908 pupils · 97% of 940 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 November 2022, published 29 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 77.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 96.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 97.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 72.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.39 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 127 | 177 | 288 | 127 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 127 | 181 | 278 | 127 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 128 | 201 | 307 | 128 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 128 | 170 | 285 | 128 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 128 | 191 | 283 | 128 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 128 | 227 | 353 | 128 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 128 | 172 | 320 | 128 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 96 | 156 | 301 | 96 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Finchley Catholic High School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Compton School 1.3 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Friern Barnet School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Bishop Douglass School Finchley 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Christ's College Finchley 2.6 km · Improved significantly (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.