
Admissions
Thank you for looking into the admissions process at The Totteridge Academy.
We are delighted to have been awarded a Fair School Admissions Silver Award by the Sutton Trust.
Please see our admissions policy here for details on how to apply for September 2026 admission. And for September 2027 admission, please see our policy here.
All applications must go through Barnet admissions process: https://www.barnet.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions
For Secondary Transfer, should you wish to apply using Criterion 4 (Pupil Premium), please complete this form.
For any specific queries please contact admissions@tta.org.uk.

Over-subscription Criteria
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 180 for Year 7 and 100 for Year 12. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered as follows:
After the admission of pupils with Education Health Care Plans (EHCP) where The Totteridge Academy is named on the EHCP, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
1. Children who are “Looked after” by a Local Authority, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately following being looked after were subject to an adoption or residency order, including those from outside of England.
2. Children with an older brother or sister currently attending The Totteridge Academy one of Years 7 to 12 and who will continue to do so in one of Years 8 to 13 on the point of admission into the Academy.
3. Children of staff subject to either or both of the following circumstances:
a. where the member of staff has been continuously employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made; and / or
b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4. Up to 60 places will be allocated to children who are in receipt of the Pupil Premium at the date of application. Priority will be given based on proximity of the applicant’s home address to the academy. The applicants will be ranked nearest to furthest.
5. Distance from the applicant’s home address to the Academy. The distance is measured by a straight line from the address seed point (determined by Ordnance Survey data) of the child’s home address to the main school gate for students. The applicants will be ranked nearest to furthest.
Please see our admissions policy here for all details.
Appeals Process
Appeals for children who do not get a school place for September 2026 will be heard in line with our admissions appeals process.
The deadline for submitting appeals will be 3rd April, 2026. On-time appeals will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline. Appeals submitted after this date will be heard within 40 days of the appeal deadline or within 30 school days of being submitted, whichever is the latest date. Parents/carers will be notified of their appeal date by the clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel.
If you wish to appeal a place, please click here for the secondary appeal form.
Please contact admissions@tta.org.uk if you need a paper form or have any further queries about this process.
Ofsted
We are delighted to share the Ofsted report from our inspection in November 2025. We have been graded:
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Achievement - EXCEPTIONAL
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"Pupils progress exceedingly well through the curriculum. Their attainment, at the end of Year 11, is sustained and above the national average."
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Curriculum and Teaching - EXCEPTIONAL
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"Pupils explain what they have learned with considerable insight. They quite simply ‘love learning’ and are determined to do their very best."
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Attendance and Behaviour - STRONG
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"Pupils across the school are entirely self-disciplined and respectful. They care about the school and one another."
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Inclusion - EXCEPTIONAL
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"The school places inclusion at the heart of its work, ensuring that pupils who may face barriers to learning flourish. Pupils thrive in this inclusive atmosphere."
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Post-16 Provision - STRONG
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"The support that students receive, coupled with the strong academic curriculums that they study, have led to these high outcomes. Students remark on how much they appreciate the care that they receive from their teachers."
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Leadership and Governance - EXCEPTIONAL
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"Leaders are unrelenting in their ambition for all pupils. All staff embrace the aim of the school to improve the life chances of every pupil."
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Personal Development and Well-being - EXCEPTIONAL
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"The on-site 'GROW' farm is embedded in a number of aspects of the curriculum. The experiences that pupils have in growing their own food, equine therapy and learning the curriculum through a different lens are truly unique."
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Our report can be found at The Totteridge Academy page on the Ofsted website, link below:

