Hampstead School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 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
100052
Address
Westbere Road, Hampstead, NW2 3RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1228 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
35.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.2%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 14.3%
Mixed 13.5%
African 12.9%
Other 11.7%
White British 10.7%
Other Asian 8%
Unclassified 7.4%
Caribbean 5.5%
Bangladeshi 5.3%
Pakistani 4.8%
Indian 2.6%
Other Black 2.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.1
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE29
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hampstead School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
70
From another Local Authority
259
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
104
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 classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
101
78
Year 8
177
91
86
Year 9
208
101
107
Year 10
210
99
111
Year 11
209
112
97
Year 12
132
73
59
Year 13
113
48
65
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
24.0%
20.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
64.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
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
7.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
72.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
16.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022