SCHOOL PROFILE

St James' Catholic High School: data, trends and context

St James' Catholic High School is a secondary school in Barnet. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
101364
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
Barnet
Region
London
Postcode
NW9 5PE
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,243
FSM eligible
30.2%
EAL / First language other than English
64.2%
SEND (total)
13.5%
SEN Support
10.5%
EHCP
3.1%
White British
13.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.4%
Overall absence
7.6%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Severe absence
2.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BarnetLocal authority93.3%6.7%2.2%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
8.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
51.4
English & maths grade 5+
55.8%
English & maths grade 4+
74.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St James' Catholic High School is a secondary school in Barnet. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.