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Hornsey School for Girls

Secondary · London · N8 9JF

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 17 March 2022

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At a glance

560 pupils · 69% of 810 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
28.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hsg.haringey.sch.uk/
URN
102153

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 79 Year 7 places, 0.56 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 3.4134 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 18 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 March 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.56 first-choice applications per place

79 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.4134 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

158 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
49.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
48.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school49.7
Median of its 12 closest peers41.5
Haringey average49
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Trumpington Community CollegeCambridge · 43 miles awayGood50.4
Lodge Park AcademyCorby · 69 miles awayNeeds attention33.5
Outwood Academy FoxhillsScunthorpe · 141 miles awayOutstanding40.4
Coleridge Community CollegeCambridge · 44 miles awayGood (2019)55.1
The Hathaway AcademyGrays · 20 miles awayGood41.1
Chessington SchoolChessington · 18 miles awayGood43.4
Ruskin Community High SchoolCrewe · 143 miles awayGood37.9
Ark Greenwich Free SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayOutstanding68.2
Wykham ParkBanbury · 62 miles awayGood34.8
St Ursula's Convent SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayStrong standard55.1
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreSouthport · 186 miles awayGood41.8
Abbot Beyne SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 106 miles awayGood39.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 29% (Haringey 17%, England 59%) · Not recorded 16% (Haringey 6%, England 2%) · Any other White background 12% (Haringey 24%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Haringey 8%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Black African 8% (Haringey 14%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Haringey 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Haringey 3%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Haringey 5%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Haringey 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.26 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Haringey: 11.24 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £63,609; 11.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£12,651
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (7%) · supplies and services 12% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£657,243; in-year balance -£173,114

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher59.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39%62.3%
Social housing33.5%17.1%
Privately rented27.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.2%22.9%
Flats76.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van52.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002016 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£580,0001,116 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£440,000–£870,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£1,445,000
Semi-detached (31)£1,149,000
Terraced (276)£1,219,000
Flat (799)£510,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
112an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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