Fortismere School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2022 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Haringey
Unique reference
102156
Address
Southwing, Tetherdown, Muswell Hill, N10 1NE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1808 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
17.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.1%
Persistent absence
22.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Unclassified 36.2%
Other White 20%
Mixed 18%
White British 15.7%
Other 3%
African 2%
Indian 1.4%
Irish 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.6
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 75%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.6
Local authority average 48.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.54
Local authority average 4.35
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award9
MultimediaTechnical Award16
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)76
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE84
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE84
ChineseGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fortismere School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
261
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
333
3rd preference
256
From another Local Authority
397
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
67
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
147
121
Year 8
268
138
130
Year 9
268
147
121
Year 10
270
161
109
Year 11
263
137
126
Year 12
232
111
121
Year 13
239
124
115
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
90.5%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
31.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
80.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
13.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
SP
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
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%
82.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
58.0%
32.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
58.0%
30.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
2.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020