Parliament Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
100050
Address
Highgate Road, NW5 1RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1229 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
6.3%
Girls
93.7%
First language not English
31.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.6%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 38.6%
Mixed 16.4%
Other White 15.1%
Bangladeshi 8.6%
African 6.3%
Other 4.8%
Other Asian 2.4%
Unclassified 2.4%
Caribbean 2%
Irish 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.11
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE50
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE95
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
DanceGCSE14
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Parliament Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
206
3rd preference
137
From another Local Authority
294
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
50
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 classes21.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
179
0
179
Year 9
179
0
179
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
179
0
179
Year 12
207
57
150
Year 13
126
21
105
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
90.1%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
20.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
72.0%
64.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
11.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
75.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
16.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022