The Archer Academy

State-Funded School

the-archer-academy-barnet-london

LondonRegion

BarnetLocal Authority

Finchley and Golders GreenConstituency

N2 8GAPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Archer Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Barnet, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 818 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 55.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 57.1%
EBacc average point score: 5.36

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

Black

Mixed

18%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

818

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 818
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Jun 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.