SCHOOL PROFILE

Hendon School: data, trends and context

Hendon 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
137645
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Barnet
Region
London
Trust
HENDON SCHOOL
Postcode
NW4 2HP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,145
FSM eligible
40.6%
EAL / First language other than English
49.0%
SEND (total)
25.9%
SEN Support
20.2%
EHCP
5.7%
White British
6.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.5%
Overall absence
9.5%
Persistent absence
31.0%
Severe absence
2.8%

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
15.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.9
English & maths grade 5+
45.2%
English & maths grade 4+
61.5%

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

See Hendon School against 25 similar schools

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Hendon 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.