Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Camden
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 22 May 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 9 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry642 applications · 179 places offered · 183 named it first
- 2026 3.6; Camden median median 2.7
- 2025 3.9; Camden median median 3.0
- 2024 3.8; Camden median median 2.9
- 2023 3.5; Camden median median 2.9
- 2022 3.8; Camden median median 2.5
- 2021 3.8; Camden median median 2.6
- 2020 4.1; Camden median median 2.8
- 2019 3.7; Camden median median 3.1
- 2018 3.4; Camden median median 3.2
- 2017 3.4; Camden median median 2.9
- 2016 3.2; Camden median median 2.9
- 2015 3.4; Camden median median 2.5
- 2014 3.5; Camden median median 3.1
- This school
- Camden median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 179 | 642 | 3.6 | 183 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 693 | 3.9 | 217 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 174 | 661 | 3.8 | 218 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 624 | 3.5 | 206 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 682 | 3.8 | 217 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 664 | 3.8 | 190 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 729 | 4.1 | 220 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 664 | 3.7 | 173 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 609 | 3.4 | 131 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2017 | 176 | 595 | 3.4 | 134 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 | 178 | 572 | 3.2 | 130 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2015 | 166 | 556 | 3.4 | 154 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 180 | 623 | 3.5 | 127 | 0.71 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 176 | 58.6 | 69% | 85% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 57.1 | 59% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 177 | 58.9 | 70% | 81% | +0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 174 | 59.1 | 67% | 86% | +0.61 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Parliament Hill SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20243.6applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · CamdenGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · CamdenGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · CamdenRemains Good20233.8applications per place 55.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · IslingtonGood20223.1applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · IslingtonGood20221.9applications per place
- 1.5 km · CamdenStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · CamdenGood20225.2applications per place 65.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · IslingtonGood20242.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 100050 · 202/4166
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,164 pupils · 1,191 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RL
- Local authority
- Camden
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources