JCoSS
Castlewood Road, New Barnet, EN4 9GE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Headteacher
- Dr Melanie Lee
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,360
- Pupils on roll
- 1,356
- URN
- 135747
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083442220
About this school
JCoSS is a Jewish voluntary aided secondary school in New Barnet. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,356 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected JCoSS, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 215 | 182 | 190 |
| Attainment 8 score | 58.8 | 61.1 | 60.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.72 +0.52 to +0.92 | +0.97 +0.76 to +1.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 72% | 80.2% | 76.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 90.1% | 88.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 19.2% | 11.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How JCoSS has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barnet average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58.8 | 47.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 61.1 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 60.9 | 46.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,347 |
| 2023/24 | 1,345 |
| 2024/25 | 1,381 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How JCoSS compares
JCoSS ranked 8th of 27 secondary schools in Barnet for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 94% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60.9 | 8.1% | 5% | 1,356 | — |
| East Barnet School | 53 | 7.9% | 22.6% | 1,448 | 1.0 miles |
| Ark Pioneer Academy | 56 | 6.8% | 40% | 1,107 | 1.1 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | 58.6 | 7.1% | 22.9% | 1,078 | 1.2 miles |
| Southgate School | 51.1 | 8.4% | 24.5% | 1,447 | 1.4 miles |
| The Totteridge Academy | 58.2 | 8.2% | 32.3% | 1,008 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 4.97%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.06%
- Persistent absence
- 29.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
East Barnet School1.0 miles
Secondary · Barnet
-
Ark Pioneer Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Barnet
-
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School1.2 miles
Secondary · Barnet
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Southgate School1.4 miles
Secondary · Barnet
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The Totteridge Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · London
Common questions
- What ages does JCoSS teach?
- JCoSS teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in New Barnet.
- Who is the headteacher of JCoSS?
- The headteacher of JCoSS is Dr Melanie Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has JCoSS been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected JCoSS, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at JCoSS?
- JCoSS has 1,356 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is JCoSS full?
- JCoSS has capacity for 1,360 pupils and 1,356 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is JCoSS a faith school?
- Yes. JCoSS is designated Jewish.
- Is JCoSS a selective school?
- No. JCoSS is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does JCoSS have?
- The schools register lists JCoSS's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have JCoSS's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 58.8 in 2022/23 and 60.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does JCoSS compare with other schools in Barnet?
- JCoSS ranked 8th of 27 secondary schools in Barnet for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 94% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is JCoSS's absence rate?
- JCoSS's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are JCoSS's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, JCoSS's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.