The Totteridge Academy

The Totteridge Academy is a mixed secondary school in Barnet, North London

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

‘Hope, love and opportunity: the privilege of working with children.’

Watch students, staff and parents discuss life at The Totteridge Academy 💜💜💜

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Congratulations to our wonderful Year 11s on their phenomenal results!

90% 4+ in English and 89% 4+ in Maths, 46% of all GCSEs scored top grades (7+), and an average grade of over 6 across all subjects 💪🎉🙌💜

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Congratulations to our amazing students on their phenomenal results! 40% of all grades were A*-A, 70% A*-B, and 90% A*-C 🙌🎉👏

They are now off to some wonderful universities and careers, and we wish them all the very best for their futures!🎓💪

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

@adamboxer1 Thank you Adam, and your colleagues. It was really wonderful to see such inspired and inspiring teaching. What was most interesting was to see a common set of ideas implemented in each classroom, but with each teacher finding ways of making these their own.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

It was a real honour to welcome Professor @dylanwiliam to The Totteridge Academy today 💪💪

Dylan has been extremely generous with his time, and has given me lots of feedback and useful pointers when designing Carousel Teaching. Being able to show him in person the lessons and teachers we've filmed in was a pretty great opportunity.

I was particularly pleased with a 5 minute segment we saw in my colleague Ava's history lesson. She was working through a text about Charles I's early reign, and when she asked a student a question about the debt he inherited, realised the student didn't have a secure understanding of the concept of debt. She bounced it to another student, who gave a good answer, then she looped back to the first. She then pushed the question further, and asked someone else why Charles had such a debt, and that student didn't give a good answer. She moved the text to the side, and asked a similar diagnostic question on mini-whiteboards.

Lots of students gave poor answers, so she asked for boards down, moved to a blank part of her OneNote, and re-explained the causes for Charles's debt, asking verbal questions throughout and looping back to the students who got the initial questions wrong. She rounded the segment off with a follow-up check on the mini-whiteboards.

It was pretty ace, and showing it to Dylan was particularly apt, given the way that Ava was so expertly implementing formative assessment. It took me almost 10 years to learn how to do stuff like that, and Ava's in her second year of teaching. Super impressive, and again underscores why we chose to film teachers like her!

Thank you Dylan for coming :)

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Thanks Ben! Delighted you enjoyed the visit and we really appreciate the wonderful feedback 🙏

[Ben Rice @BenRiceTeach]

1/ I was incredibly lucky to visit @totteridgeacad recently.
I now fully understand why @adamboxer1 calls it “the best school in the country.”
A day of high expectations, great teaching, and a culture that runs through everything.
Here’s what I learnt 👇👇

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

@c_ollerenshaw Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the visit.

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Another year of fantastic results for our wonderful Year 11 students!

92% 4+ in English and 89% 4+ in Maths, 2 in every 5 GCSEs scored top grades (7+), and an average grade of 6 across all subjects 💪🎉🙌💜

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Congratulations to our amazing students for achieving such fantastic A Level results. They are now off to some wonderful universities and we wish them all the very best for their futures!🎓🙌🎉

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Year 11 Prom 💜

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

⛷️❄️ Ski Trip 2025 😎🏂

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Thank you @dgjones for such a fantastic visit on World Book Day! Our students and staff were inspired by your assembly, writing workshops, and Q&A (not to mention the bell-ringing) 🙌✍️📚🔔

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

If you could get a school to be as close to perfect, what would it look like?

Important question, complex answer. But it always starts with leadership.

They have to be everything, everywhere, all at once.

READ ON

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[Julian Gilbey @JulianMaths]

It was a delight to visit @totteridgeacad yesterday and to imbibe the atmosphere. Amazingly focused, purposeful and calm lessons, engaged students, and enthusiastic staff. Thanks for the warm welcome, and I look forward to incorporating some of what I learnt in the near future!

[Mouhssin Ismail @Mouhssin_Ismail]

Thank you to the colleagues at @totteridgeacad for their warm hospitality today. It was great to learn about the leadership team's and staff's dedicated efforts in transforming the school (P8: 1.32). Their belief-driven leadership shines through, and their commitment to fostering a culture of continuous improvement is clearly delivering excellent progress.

[Anahita Milligan @MilliganAnahita]

@totteridgeacad @SchoolsFootball Wow!! Congratulations Hettie! What an inspiration to us all ⚽️💜

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

So proud of Hettie for making the England U15 @SchoolsFootball Squad! 👏⚽️🔥⚽️🙌

[Peter Sherwin @petesherwin]

Spent a wonderful morning at The Totteridge Academy today, learning from the best. They have absolutely nailed warm-strict here. So relaxed, respectful and friendly outside the classroom, with laser-like focus & intellectual drive inside. Great hosts too! @totteridgeacad

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

Excellent visit to @totteridgeacad - students were exemplary and every member of staff clearly believes in what they’re doing. They really are putting each “student on the Moon”.

Already rethinking some of my CPD and the place for autonomy / agency to secure buy in.

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

WHAT. A. DAY. 💜

Incredible results for our phenomenal students. 88% achieving 4+ in both English and Maths, with 41% of all grades 7+.

🎉🙌🎉👏🎉💪🎉

[The Totteridge Academy @totteridgeacad]

Can’t wait to see this incredible year group for their GCSE Results Day tomorrow! Envelopes at 9am…⏳⏰🤞✉️