Wren Academy Finchley | School performance

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

18%

RWM higher · 2024/25

84%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

59.8

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

68%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1028.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,639

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

18%

RWM higher · 2024/25

84%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

59.8

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

68%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1028.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,639

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

18%

RWM higher · 2024/25

84%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

59.8

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

68%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1028.5

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,639

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 18/09/2018

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBarnet

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.4:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of Wren Academy Finchley · All-through · Barnet

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

80%

+2pp

80%78%76%

'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

18%

-2pp

20%19%18%

'23'24'25

'25 · 18%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

90%

Reading higher standard

46%

Writing expected standard

84%

Writing higher standard

23%

Maths expected standard

93%

Maths higher standard

48%

Science expected standard

95%

SPAG expected standard

87%

SPAG higher standard

44%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

84%

-4pp

92%88%84%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 84%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

70%

-7pp

83%77%70%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 70%

Attainment 8

59.8

-0.9

65.662.759.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 59.8

EBacc entry

68%

-6pp

83%75%68%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

EBacc APS

1028.5

+1.1

1113.61070.51027.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1028.5

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

35.7

-2.0

40.037.535.0

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 35.7

A-level value added

-0.12

-0.3

+0.20.0-0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · -0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

13%

-6pp

20%16%13%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 13%

Average A-level grade

B-

BB-C+

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,639

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

30%

FSM eligible

16%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Hilton Avenue, North Finchley, London, N12 9HB

Local authority

Barnet

Website

www.wrenacademyfinchley.org

Telephone

02084926000

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	80%	18%	90%	46%	84%	23%	93%	48%	95%	87%	108.0	109.0	108.0	—	—	—	14%	1,639
2023/24	78%	20%	93%	55%	80%	23%	90%	42%	83%	93%	110.0	108.0	110.0	—	—	—	12%	1,614
2022/23	76%	20%	86%	42%	81%	22%	83%	41%	85%	86%	108.0	107.0	109.0	+1.20	+0.60	+1.40	10%	1,626
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	8%	1,433
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	8%	1,364
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	8%	1,295

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	84%	70%	59.8	Not applicable	68%	1028.5	69%	1,639
2023/24	88%	77%	60.7	+0.85	73%	1027.4	75%	1,614
2022/23	92%	82%	63.3	+1.00	76%	1067.5	77%	1,626
2021/22	92%	83%	65.6	+0.80	76%	1113.6	77%	1,643
2018/19	89%	77%	62.3	+0.96	83%	1034.7	85%	1,433
2017/18	91%	79%	62.1	+0.96	87%	1065.1	90%	1,364
2016/17	91%	77%	59.4	+0.92	55%	—	56%	1,295

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	35.7	B-	-0.12	13%	159
2023/24	37.6	B-	+0.15	19%	141
2022/23	37.6	B-	—	20%	157
2021/22	40.0	B	—	20%	155
2018/19	35.0	C+	-0.04	19%	164
2017/18	35.5	B-	-0.09	20%	135
2016/17	33.9	C+	+0.07	16%	114

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,639	18.2	14%	30%	16%	5%	12%
2023/24	1,614	17.3	12%	26%	16%	6%	14%
2022/23	1,626	17.5	10%	22%	16%	6%	15%
2021/22	1,643	17.7	9%	21%	16%	7%	21%
2020/21	1,564	18.1	9%	18%	14%	—	—
2018/19	1,433	17.3	8%	16%	18%	4%	6%
2017/18	1,364	18.2	8%	13%	19%	4%	6%
2016/17	1,295	16.9	8%	9%	22%	4%	7%