| Type | Comprehensive |
|---|---|
| Religion | Non-denominational |
| Head Teacher | Martin Lavelle |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Claremont Road Barnet, London, NW2 1TR London England |
| Local authority | Barnet |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Green and Black |
| Affiliations | SSAT |
| Website | School website |
Whitefield School is a Secondary School in the London Borough of Barnet and has been a Specialist Sports College since 1999 and hosts a Football Academy.
The school is close to Brent Cross Shopping Centre and just south of the A406 North Circular Road and west of the A41 Hendon Way. School Entrance co-odinates: 51, 34.395N 0, 13.143W
The nearest tube station is Brent Cross on the Northern Line, Edgware branch.
Whitefield School was built 1953-1954 on the site of the disused Hendon sewage water treatment works. A Secondary Modern school, it opened in the autumn of 1954 later than originally intended giving pupils transferring in from other schools in the then Borough of Hendon and surrounding areas an extra three weeks summer holiday. The school population at the time of opening was around one thousand pupils with seven 1st year classes of between thirty and forty. At the time, classes 1 and 2 of the seven first years had the academic kudos of French or German in their curriculum and so were considered 'a cut above', the remaining five being somewhat on a par.