Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 17 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Islington
Unique reference
100457
Address
Donegal Street, Islington, N1 9QG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
865 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
55.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.1%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 20.8%
White British 17.2%
Bangladeshi 17.2%
Mixed 14.7%
Other 10.1%
Other White 8%
Unclassified 5.9%
Caribbean 3.5%
Other Black 1%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 54%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.23
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE19
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
101
3rd preference
82
From another Local Authority
152
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
57
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
0
178
Year 8
178
0
178
Year 9
176
0
176
Year 10
168
0
168
Year 11
165
0
165
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.3%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
40.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
42.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
8.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022