Hornsey School for Girls

Community school·Secondary school London, Haringey·N8 9JF
Composite score
62.1
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#955
National rank
#248
In London
#6
In Haringey
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
49%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
4.35

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
44 first choices, 79 places
First choices per place
0.56
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
249
any preference, for 79 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5420220.6020230.5920240.5220250.562026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Hornsey School for Girls first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
663
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
34.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£11,432
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
159 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Hornsey School for Girls at a glance

Located in London, Haringey, Hornsey School for Girls is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 663 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 49.7 — above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of secondary schools nationally.

49% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Hornsey School for Girls their first choice was offered one of its 79 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. Hornsey School for Girls does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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