Community special school

Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formCamden, London · London NW8 6HXSchool website
Pupils on roll
264of 260 places
Free school meals
62.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
22
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 22 March 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Franklin Delano Roosevelt School (URN 126575); John Keats Special School (URN 126576); Jack Taylor School (URN 100093, until 1 February 2012).

What the data says

Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre in 2023, 0% stayed on in Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre’s own sixth form (Camden average 64%), 13% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 Camden and England.

This school
Camden
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolCamdenEngland
Pupils in the cohort151,601607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%90%86%
— school sixth form0%64%34%
— sixth form college0%5%13%
— further education college13%20%37%
— other education87%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Camden

Acland Burghley School

Community school · sixth form · 1,252 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9

Hampstead School

Community school · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1

Haverstock School

Community school · sixth form · 878 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5

Parliament Hill School

Community school · sixth form · 1,191 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.1

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.