St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School maintains its status as a good school, providing a supportive and nurturing environment for its pupils. The school fosters a strong community spirit where students express happiness and engage positively with staff and each other. The leadership team, backed by the Russell Education Trust, has implemented a broad curriculum that sets high expectations and enables pupils to perform well academically while also focusing on character development. However, despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in ensuring timely support for students at the early stages of reading and for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). These areas need improvement to enhance the overall learning experience for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel part of a supportive school community.
• Clear values of kindness and forgiveness are prominently taught and followed.
• The curriculum is broad and aspirational, promoting high expectations for learning.
• Teachers are confident experts who ensure pupils understand their learning.
• Strong character development opportunities are provided for pupils.
• There are effective career guidance systems in place for students.

Areas for Improvement

• Systems for supporting pupils at the early stages of reading are not fully developed.
• Processes for supporting pupils with SEND are sometimes inconsistent.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.5% of pupils at St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.4% of pupils at St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School received £10,472 and spent £10,876 for each of its 540 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £99,000 (-£183 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Russell Education Trust, income was £7,154 and spending £7,208 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Barnet · Barnet local authority: places and applications

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School is part of Russell Education Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Turing House School Twickenham
• Becket Keys Church of England Free School Brentwood
• King's School Hove
• Bristol Free School Bristol
• Elmlea Junior School Bristol
• Elmlea Infant School Bristol

What is St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School have?

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School has 554 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School cover?

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.5, and 59% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School?

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School is at North London Business Park, London, N11 1NP.