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Hornsey School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Inderwick Road, London N8 9JF · hsg.haringey.sch.uk · 020 8348 6191
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Haringey 48.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Haringey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 560
- 69% of 810 places
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- First language not English
- 25.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Haringey Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 79 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 79 | 44 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 107 | 56 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 116 | 69 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 154 | 93 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 160 | 87 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.7, and 48.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Haringey it was 48.5, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (25.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲48.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ●39.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.35 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 33.6 | −7.3 |
| Sixth form college | 21.7 | −0.4 |
| Further education | 34.2 | +7.4 |
| Other education | 0.7 | 0 |
| Employment | 0.7 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2 | −3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 7.2 | +3.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 students | C- (25.9) | Average -0.12 | |
| 46 students | C- (26) | Average -0.13 | |
| Applied general6 students | Merit (24.7) | Average +0.15 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 54 | C- (27.1) | +0.09 |
| 2016/17 | 71 | C- (25) | -0.21 |
| 2015/16 | 109 | C (29) | +0.11 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 79 | +7 |
| Further education | 7 | +4 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | −4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 March 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Hornsey School for Girls was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Mar 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding May 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (110 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 110
- 14% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (26%) with SEND