St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School

About St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School sits within the London borough of Barnet, a local authority with 32 secondary schools where it ranks 23rd by Progress 8 score. That places it in the bottom quarter of Barnet’s state secondaries, but the picture is more nuanced than a single rank suggests. Among its top-performing local peers are Menorah High School for Girls, The Totteridge Academy, and Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet — all of which post significantly higher Progress 8 scores. The school is one of six in the borough to hold a current Ofsted Outstanding rating, though its own most recent graded inspection in 2018 judged it Good overall, with Good for leadership, management, and sixth-form provision. An ungraded inspection in 2024 confirmed the school remains Good. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Wren Academy Finchley, 1.7 km away. With 539 pupils against a capacity of 1,050, the school is notably under-enrolled, which may reflect its niche as the only Greek Orthodox state secondary in the country.

Academically, the school’s Progress 8 score of 0.4 is above the national average, but sits below the Barnet LA average of 0.6. Pupils make stronger progress in English (0.53) and the EBacc subjects (0.47) than in maths (0.24) or the open element (0.35). Attainment 8 stands at 50.3, and 67.9% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths. The EBacc entry rate is high at 76.9%, though only 36.6% achieved the full EBacc at grade 4 or above. In the sixth form, the picture is more mixed: the value-added score of -0.38 is below average, with an average point per entry of 23.16 (equivalent to a D+ grade). Only 38 pupils were in the sixth-form cohort, and just 4.3% achieved AAB or higher in at least two facilitating subjects. The school’s best three A-levels averaged a C- grade.

The school offers a strong range of facilities including a theatre, swimming pool, sports hall, astro turf, tennis courts, and a dedicated sixth-form centre. Sports on offer include rugby, football, netball, athletics, and cross country, while extracurricular clubs range from Film Club and Orchestra to Model UN, DofE, and Young Enterprise. SEND provisions cover dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and social and emotional mental health support. Admissions data for 2025/26 shows the school is oversubscribed: 228 applications for 115 places, with 52 first-preference offers. That oversubscription ratio of 1.98 suggests genuine demand, despite the school’s low overall rank in the borough. This is a school that will suit families seeking a smaller, faith-based secondary with a distinctive cultural identity, strong extracurricular breadth, and a sixth form that, while small, offers continuity for pupils who have progressed through the school.

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