Hendon School
0.1 miles1,145 pupils · Attainment 8 44.9 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Independent · Senior · Barnet
Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls
Independent school · Ages 11 to 17 · Girls · 370 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 17
- Gender
- Girls
- Pupils
- 370 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 345
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachelle Freudenberger
- Address
- Stratford Road, Hendon, London, NW4 2AT
- Borough
- Barnet
- Telephone
- 02082034322
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101388
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 11 February 2025: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth-form provision
- Good
Independent School Standards, checked 11 February 2025: Did not meet all standards
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B- · 2023/24: B+BThis schoolBBarnetB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 35.2 · 2023/24: 42.838.8This school39.6Barnet35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levelsSuppressed (small cohort)This school39.8Barnet35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjectsSuppressed (small cohort)This school28%Barnet18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: -0.09-0.20This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 25 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 4.2%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1.5%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Brampton College
0.2 miles192 pupils · A level average B+ (2024/25)
Tiferes High School
0.3 miles137 pupils
Talmud Torah Tiferes Shlomo
0.3 miles321 pupils
St Mary's and St John's CofE School
0.5 miles1,651 pupils
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Wentworth College
0.5 miles40 pupils · A level average B (2024/25)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls and Tiferes High School0.3 miles apart
- Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls and Wentworth College0.5 miles apart
- Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls and Shiras Devorah High School1 mile apart
- Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls and North Bridge House Senior School Hampstead2.9 miles apart