Hornsey School for Girls
Secondary · Community school · Girls · Haringey
Inderwick Road, London, N8 9JF
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.5%
40.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
560
Capacity used
Has space69%
810 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
56 of 56 families who put it first got an offer
107
Places offered
281
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 56 | 56 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 58 | 17 | ● 29% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 9 | ● 16% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 110 | 13 | ● 12% |
| Total | 281 | 95 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
Haringey lets families list 6 preferences. 66 applications came from outside the council area (25 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kuljit Rahelu
- Address
- Inderwick Road, London, N8 9JF
- Phone
- 02083486191
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Ward / constituency
- Hornsey · Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102153
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
560 pupils · 810 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
17 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 718 pupils
Attendance
88.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
40.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.38 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.30 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 48.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 39.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 158 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.93 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 46 | — |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.