Hendon School is a mixed secondary school with academy status since November 2011 previously a comprehensive) in the London Borough of Barnet. It specialises in languages, offering Japanese amongst others to its students.
Hendon School is a large, mixed comprehensive school with 1,296 pupils on roll, including approximately 240 sixth form students. The school is situated just off the A502 and. It serves an area that is generally more affluent than average but has some pocket North Circular Roads of deprivation, as interpreted in comparison to national averages according to Ofsted.
The student population is culturally diverse, multi-faith and multi-lingual, with more than half of students speaking languages other than English as their first language. The proportion of students eligible for free school meals is well above the national average. The school specialises in languages, and has specialist educational facilities for deaf and autistic students. The school has been over-subscribed for the past four years and was designated an Outstanding school by Ofsted in November 2011.
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