Finchley Catholic High School

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Woodside Lane
Finchley
London
N12 8TA
Phone 02084450105
Reference Number 101362

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1198
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 92.15%
Girls: 7.85%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 18.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 178 Unknown 178
8 177 Unknown 177
9 179 Unknown 179
10 178 Unknown 178
11 178 Unknown 178
12 116 47 163
13 98 47 145

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 39.9%
White, Other 19.4%
Irish 9.5%
African 9.1%
Mixed, Other 4.8%
Asian, Other 4.4%
White & Asian 2.4%
Indian 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Chinese 0.8%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-12-21
Date Description Report
2023-09-26 School inspection School inspection
2018-03-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-11-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-01-09 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2010-10-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-10-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-10-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-03-13 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
63.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 77.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 89.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 36.87 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.59 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 13.2% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 83 21
Third Preference 55 10
From another Local Authority 144 62

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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