Parliament Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 23 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
1218 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
5.4%
Girls
94.6%
First language not English
32.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.9%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 39.6%
Mixed 15.1%
Other White 13.4%
Bangladeshi 9.1%
African 7.1%
Other 4.9%
Other Asian 2.6%
Unclassified 2.5%
Caribbean 2.1%
Irish 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.1
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.34
Local authority average 4.36
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Parliament Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
211
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
260
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
178
0
178
Year 9
177
0
177
Year 10
178
0
178
Year 11
177
0
177
Year 12
170
40
130
Year 13
158
26
132
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
94.3%
85.6%
Further education
6.0%
21.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
81.0%
66.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
6.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
73.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
20.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021