The Camden School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 8 2022 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Camden
Unique reference
100054
Address
Sandall Road, NW5 2DB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1076 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
15.1%
Girls
84.9%
First language not English
19.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.4%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.4%
Mixed 19.5%
Other White 18.9%
Bangladeshi 7.7%
African 7.6%
Other 4.2%
Irish 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Indian 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 78%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.91
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE29
Classical CivilisationGCSE18
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE116
English LiteratureGCSE114
FrenchGCSE49
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Camden School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
117
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
208
2nd preference
176
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
256
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
31
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 classes20.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
0
120
Year 8
120
0
120
Year 9
120
0
120
Year 10
121
0
121
Year 11
118
0
118
Year 12
235
83
152
Year 13
242
80
162
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
90.1%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
20.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
81.0%
64.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
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
2.0%
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
89.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
69.0%
16.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
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