St Mary's and St John's Church of England School

St Mary's and St John's CE School
St Mary's and St John's CE School
Address
	Sunningfields Road; Hendon, Greater London, NW4 4QR; England
Coordinates	51°35′05″N 0°13′38″W / 51.584725°N 0.22714°W
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Motto	Wisdom-Service-Hope 'with God, all things are possible. ' (Matthew 19:26)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1707
Local authority	Barnet
Department for Education URN	103119 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Gavin Smith
Gender	Coeducational
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	1,567 as of January 2023
Campuses	Neale House, Bennett House, Stamford Raffles
Houses	Anderson; Dickens; Elgar; Fonteyn; Livingstone; Nightingale
Colour(s)	Green, Grey, Gold;
Website	http://www.smsj.barnet.sch.uk/

St Mary's and St John's CE School is a coeducational Church of England all-through school located in the Hendon area of the London Borough of Barnet, England.^[1] The school admits pupils aged 3 – 18. Known as SMSJ, it was created by the London Diocesan Board for Schools and London Borough of Barnet to provide a mixed Church of England-based education up to sixth form for an increasing number of pupils in the Barnet area. It was the first all-through school in Barnet. It specialises in performing arts as well as Business & Enterprise, offering Music, Dance & Drama to its students, as well as scholarships in these subjects.

It is based on 3 sites: A Nursery School and Reception to Year 4 are based at the Lower School on Prothero Gardens; Years 5 - 8 at the Middle School on Sunningfields Road and Years 9 - 13 at the Stamford Raffles campus on the Downage. The school has undergone a huge refurbishment and rebuilding programme and the newest site opened on the Downage in September 2017.

It is a voluntary aided school, part of the London Diocesan Board of Schools, administered by the Church of England Diocese of London and Barnet London Borough Council.^[2]

Reportedly, the school's motto for many years was "Audio, Video, Disco", Latin for "I hear, I see, I learn". This motto gained some notoriety in 1983, after all three words had gained new meaning in English.^[3]^[4]

Previously a primary school located at Prothero Gardens in Hendon, SMSJ was asked to expand by Barnet Local Authority and began accepting secondary school age pupils in September 2014 when the Middle School site opened on the former St Mary's CE School Upper Site in Sunningfields Road. The building was officially opened by the then Bishop of London, Richard Chartres.

The school operates a sixth form, and has a pupil roll of some 1,800 pupils across its three sites. The third campus and Upper School building, Stamford Raffles opened on the former St Mary's Lower School site in Downage in September 2017. It was officially opened by the Bishop of Edmonton, Rob Wickham, in November 2017.

St Mary's and St John's Church of England School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils,^[5] whilst students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-Levels.^[6]

References

^ "Welcome to St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "St Mary's and St John's CofE School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "London Day by Day: For the record", The Daily Telegraph, 7 July 1983, page 18. Retrieved from Newspapers.com on 11 November 2023.
^ "Mr Manchester's Diary: I thank you", Manchester Evening News, 2 December 1983, page 6. Retrieved from Newspapers.com on 11 November 2023.
^ "Key Stage 4 - St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Apply - St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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[1] "Welcome to St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[2] "St Mary's and St John's CofE School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[3] "London Day by Day: For the record", The Daily Telegraph, 7 July 1983, page 18. Retrieved from Newspapers.com on 11 November 2023.

[4] "Mr Manchester's Diary: I thank you", Manchester Evening News, 2 December 1983, page 6. Retrieved from Newspapers.com on 11 November 2023.

[5] "Key Stage 4 - St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[6] "Apply - St Mary's and St John's CE School". Smsj.barnet.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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