The Camden School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 9 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
1068 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
14.0%
Girls
86.0%
First language not English
23.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
2.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.7%
Mixed 18.6%
Other White 18.2%
Bangladeshi 8.2%
African 7.8%
Other 4.9%
Irish 1.5%
Unclassified 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.77
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 77%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.8
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.25
Local authority average 4.36
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Classical CivilisationGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE115
English LiteratureGCSE115
FrenchGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Camden School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
228
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
85
From another Local Authority
247
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
0
120
Year 8
120
0
120
Year 9
119
0
119
Year 10
119
0
119
Year 11
119
0
119
Year 12
237
78
159
Year 13
234
71
163
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
19.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
75.0%
68.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
71.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
67.0%
14.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
63.0%
13.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020