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Central Foundation Boys' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 55.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
65.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.56 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55.2[6] 68.8%[6]
2023/24 55.3[4] 62%[4] +0.56[4]
2022/23 57.2[7] 60%[7] +0.55[7]
2021/22 61.7[8] 72%[8] +0.83[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 19.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 14.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 9.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 65%[15] 1%[15] 29%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 60%[16] 7%[16] 22%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 71%[17] 1%[17] 25%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 67%[18] 5%[18] 18%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 63%[20] 6%[20] 18%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 73%[21] 1%[21] 14%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 75%[22] 1%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 67%[23] 4%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
28% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 76%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 84%[25] 33%[25] 28%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 76%[27] 24%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 77%[28] 22%[28] 14%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Mar 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 Apr 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
559 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
235 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 544[30] 225[30] 171[30] 3.2[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 519[30] 191[30] 176[30] 2.9[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 498[30] 196[30] 172[30] 2.9[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 516[30] 199[30] 171[30] 3.0[30] 1.2[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Local authority
Islington[1]
Website
http://www.centralfoundationboys.co.uk[1]
District
Islington[32]
Postcode
EC2A 4SH[1]
URN
100458[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1133 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
27.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
24.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.3%[34]
Mixed
20.5%[34]
Asian
14.6%[34]
Black
21.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
9.3%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. centralfoundationboys.co.uk: centralfoundationboys.co.uk — CFBS Admission arrangements Yr 7-11-2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Published Admission Number (PAN) will be 180. 1.2. (p. 1)
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