Alexandra Park School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,888 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.2
Community school
Hornsey School for Girls
- Pupils on roll
- 560of 810 places
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 158
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Hornsey School for Girls has no sixth form. Of the 159 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 44% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.7 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Haringey, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% 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 Haringey and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hornsey School for Girls | Haringey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 159 | 2,723 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 37% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 16% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hornsey School for Girls | Haringey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.7 | 48.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 | 4.38 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 37% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.7 | 40.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.9 | 53.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 40% | 41% | 19% |
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 156 | 99% | 89% | 33% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 156 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 154 | 97% | 86% | 32% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 108 | 68% | 65% | 17% | 9% | 60% |
| Religious Studies | 76 | 48% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 72% |
| History | 74 | 47% | 41% | 47% | 26% | 82% |
| Sociology | 70 | 44% | 4% | 23% | 21% | 61% |
| Psychology | 53 | 34% | 3% | 23% | 22% | 72% |
| Spanish | 49 | 31% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 82% |
| Drama | 44 | 28% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 59% |
| Physics | 42 | 27% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 42 | 27% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 90% |
| Biology | 42 | 27% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 90% |
| Citizenship Studies | 40 | 25% | 3% | 43% | 19% | 83% |
| Geography | 39 | 25% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 77% |
| French | 35 | 22% | 18% | 34% | 29% | 71% |
| Art and Design | 34 | 22% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 74% |
| Media Studies | 26 | 16% | 4% | 8% | 20% | 46% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 15% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 52% |
| Music | 23 | 15% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 52% |
| Dance | 19 | 12% | 1% | 16% | 27% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 17 | 11% | 11% | 35% | 23% | 76% |
| Italian | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Modern Greek | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Haringey
Duke's Aldridge
Academy converter · 873 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.1
Fortismere School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,746 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.1
Gladesmore Community School
Community school · 1,206 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Greig City Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,137 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Harris Academy Tottenham
Free schools · sixth form · 1,307 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.8
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.