William Ellis School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 19 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
100056
Address
Highgate Road, NW5 1RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
879 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
88.5%
Girls
11.5%
First language not English
37.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.6%
Persistent absence
31.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.8%
Mixed 14.9%
Bangladeshi 13.8%
African 13.1%
Other White 12.5%
Other 6.5%
Unclassified 3%
Other Black 1.9%
Caribbean 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.78
Local authority average 4.36
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE15
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE121
FrenchGCSE79
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

William Ellis School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
106
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
83
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
96
96
0
Year 8
121
121
0
Year 9
122
122
0
Year 10
100
100
0
Year 11
123
123
0
Year 12
165
115
50
Year 13
152
101
51
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
12.0%
21.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
78.0%
66.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
6.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
70.0%
73.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
20.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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