Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry284 applications · 90 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Camden median median 2.7
- 2025 3.4; Camden median median 3.0
- 2024 2.9; Camden median median 2.9
- 2023 2.9; Camden median median 2.9
- 2022 3.5; Camden median median 2.5
- 2021 3.8; Camden median median 2.6
- 2020 3.5; Camden median median 2.8
- 2019 3.8; Camden median median 3.1
- 2018 3.9; Camden median median 3.2
- 2017 4.0; Camden median median 2.9
- 2016 3.9; Camden median median 2.9
- 2015 3.4; Camden median median 2.5
- 2014 3.6; 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 | 90 | 284 | 3.2 | 59 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2025 | 81 | 271 | 3.4 | 57 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 106 | 312 | 2.9 | 83 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 | 129 | 370 | 2.9 | 95 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 | 128 | 450 | 3.5 | 112 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 124 | 476 | 3.8 | 128 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 123 | 431 | 3.5 | 92 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 | 126 | 477 | 3.8 | 110 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 | 129 | 499 | 3.9 | 125 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 129 | 518 | 4.0 | 124 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 125 | 486 | 3.9 | 105 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 | 117 | 396 | 3.4 | 91 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 123 | 437 | 3.6 | 109 | 0.89 |
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.) | 123 | 43.8 | 50% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 97 | 48.2 | 53% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 123 | 48.8 | 55% | 72% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 127 | 49.5 | 58% | 71% | −0.26 |
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
- William Ellis SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · CamdenOutstanding20243.6applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · CamdenGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · CamdenRemains Good20233.8applications per place 55.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · IslingtonGood20223.1applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · CamdenStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · IslingtonGood20221.9applications per place
- 1.8 km · CamdenGood20225.2applications per place 65.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · IslingtonGood20242.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 100056 · 202/4688
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 895 pupils · 771 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RN
- Local authority
- Camden
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources