Haverstock School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 3 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Camden
Unique reference
100049
Address
24 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, NW3 2BQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
909 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
56.1%
Girls
43.9%
First language not English
50.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
69.9%
Persistent absence
40.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 20.6%
African 17.1%
White British 16%
Other 13.3%
Mixed 12.9%
Other White 11.1%
Caribbean 1.9%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE18
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Haverstock School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
81
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
100
59
41
Year 8
112
70
42
Year 9
125
67
58
Year 10
128
62
66
Year 11
149
92
57
Year 12
191
108
83
Year 13
104
52
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
90.1%
85.5%
Further education
14.0%
20.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
76.0%
64.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
16.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022