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City of London School for Girls

Girls · ages 10–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)City of London, London · London EC2Y 8BBSchool website
Pupils on roll
794of 860 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
100
Ofsted
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What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where City of London School for Girls’ Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average A, well above the England average of B-; 71% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology.

Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in City of London and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolCity of LondonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%41%
EBacc average point score3.094.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language9999%89%94%20%100%
English Literature9999%86%97%21%100%
Religious Studies4848%31%96%32%100%
Geography4848%41%98%25%100%
French3333%18%97%29%100%
Drama2727%7%93%27%100%
Chinese2525%1%100%75%100%
Computer Science2525%13%96%30%100%
Latin2222%1%73%74%100%
Design and Technology2121%11%100%23%100%
Fine Art1717%9%100%28%100%
German1414%5%100%33%100%
Classical Greek66%0%100%92%100%
Physical Education44%11%24%
Italian33%0%53%
Russian22%0%87%
Economics22%1%34%
Polish11%1%84%
Bengali11%0%35%
Arabic11%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group22%
Music performance: Group22%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolCity of LondonEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study189
— of whom A level students96261,341
Average A level gradeAB-
Average points per A level entry51.5335.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects71%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics6568%31%
Chemistry4244%17%
Biology3031%20%
Further Mathematics2728%5%
Physics2627%12%
Economics2021%13%
English Literature2021%11%
Religious Studies1920%4%
History1516%13%
Politics1010%6%
Fine Art77%3%
French1%
Geography10%
German0%
Classical Greek0%
Classical Civilisation1%
Japanese0%
Latin0%
Chinese0%
Music0%
Russian0%
Spanish2%
Product Design2%
Drama2%
Computer Science5%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1314%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.