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Highgate Wood Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.26 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 56.3[6] 62.4%[6]
2023/24 50.8[4] 50.8%[4] +0.26[4]
2022/23 53.9[7] 63%[7] +0.15[7]
2021/22 54.1[8] 58%[8] +0.19[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.2% 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] 15.2%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 19.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 17%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 10.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
15% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2021/22[15]
Employment
2% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 58%[15] 11%[15] 20%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 62%[16] 9%[16] 22%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 61%[17] 9%[17] 22%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 62%[18] 4%[18] 27%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
Education
57% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 70%[20] 1%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 62%[21] 1%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 65%[22] 0%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 65%[23] 0%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
37% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
44% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 83%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 46%[25] 44%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 25%[27] 24%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 86%[28] 37%[28] 32%[28] 1%[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
27 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
16 Nov 2016[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
879 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
205 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
232 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 886[32] 215[32] 229[32] 3.9[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 933[32] 235[32] 233[32] 4.0[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 1026[32] 267[32] 230[32] 4.5[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 1086[32] 256[32] 235[32] 4.6[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1465[1]
Local authority
Haringey[1]
Website
http://www.hws.haringey.sch.uk/[1]
District
Haringey[33]
Postcode
N8 8RN[1]
URN
102154[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1543 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
22.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
16% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
56.2%[35]
Mixed
17.4%[35]
Asian
3.3%[35]
Black
10%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4.9%[35]
Unclassified
8.2%[35]

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

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    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.
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    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.
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