Alexandra Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 1 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Haringey
Unique reference
137531
Address
Bidwell Gardens, N11 2AZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1850 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
30.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
12.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.2%
Other White 21%
Mixed 17.5%
African 6.3%
Other 5.7%
Bangladeshi 2.2%
Caribbean 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Irish 1.1%
Indian 1%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
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
0.96
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 85%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.1
Local authority average 48.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.82
Local authority average 4.35
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE43
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE101
Business Studies:SingleGCSE93
ChemistryGCSE101
ChineseGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Alexandra Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
222
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
473
2nd preference
428
3rd preference
297
From another Local Authority
409
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
218
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
43
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
123
112
Year 8
237
118
119
Year 9
231
113
118
Year 10
230
113
117
Year 11
232
121
111
Year 12
389
181
208
Year 13
296
133
163
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
90.5%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
31.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
73.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
13.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
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
2.0%
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
89.0%
82.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
32.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
28.0%
30.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
2.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
SP
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020