St James' Catholic High School
Secondary schoolSt James' Catholic High School is a secondary school in Barnet, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,243 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St James' Catholic High School was 50.4, against 56.8 in Barnet and 46.2 in England.
52.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 50.4 | 56.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52.8% | 64.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.4% | 77.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 233 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)10 m
- Saracens High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2022. Attainment 8 of 47.1 (2025/26, provisional)410 m
- Hasmonean High School for GirlsSecondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 60.6 (2025/26, provisional)610 m
- The Orion Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Copthall SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, November 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.0 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
- North London Grammar SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barnet
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).