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Fortismere School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 61 60.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
60.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
73.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
30.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.49 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 58.1[6] 65.9%[6]
2023/24 57.8[4] 70.6%[4] +0.49[4]
2022/23 60.6[7] 75%[7] +0.60[7]
2021/22 60.7[8] 74%[8] +0.52[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.9% 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] 16.1%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 16.6%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 33.9%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 27.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
16% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 97%[15] 78%[15] 5%[15] 10%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 80%[16] 4%[16] 8%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 80%[17] 3%[17] 12%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 71%[18] 5%[18] 17%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
54% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[20]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 59%[20] 68%[20] 1%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 62%[21] 72%[21] 1%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 63%[22] 70%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 76%[23] 48%[23] 55%[23] 1%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
52% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
58% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
5% 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 88%[26] 51%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 58%[25] 58%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 51%[27] 49%[27] 4%[27]
2017/18 91%[28] 60%[28] 57%[28] 6%[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

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.6 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
1175 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
178 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
257 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1194[29] 232[29] 263[29] 4.5[29] 0.9[29]
Entry Sept 2024 1160[29] 220[29] 261[29] 4.4[29] 0.8[29]
Entry Sept 2023 1276[29] 297[29] 257[29] 5.0[29] 1.2[29]
Entry Sept 2022 1425[29] 388[29] 251[29] 5.7[29] 1.5[29]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
270 2026-10-14[30]
Sibling priority
Children with a sibling at Fortismere 2026-10-14[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1655[1]
Local authority
Haringey[1]
Website
www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk[1]
District
Haringey[31]
Postcode
N10 1NE[1]
URN
102156[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1765 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
20.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
18% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.2% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
45.1%[33]
Mixed
21.7%[33]
Asian
2.9%[33]
Black
3.4%[33]
Any other ethnic group
3.9%[33]
Unclassified
23%[33]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
Leaders have put an ambitious curriculum in place. Their expectations for pupils’ achievement are high[34]
Behaviour
Pupils generally behave well in class. This means that occasionally pupils’ behaviour in class disrupts teaching or pupils do not concentrate fully on their learning.[34]
Learning support
In most classes, teachers use tailored adaptations effectively to help pupils with SEND to keep up with their peers.[34]
Enrichment
Leaders organise a wide range of curriculum enrichment and extra-curricular activities which pupils enjoy. pupils who study Mandarin Chinese, French and Spanish are given the opportunity to visit those countries[34]
Pupil voice
Many pupils take up leadership opportunities. For example, students in the sixth form have set up an extensive range of clubs and societies.[34]
Independence
In the sixth form, teachers routinely encourage students to become independent learners.[34]
Structure
Staff have received training on how to apply this new approach, but a few do not apply it consistently.[34]
Sport
This includes subject outings, sporting competitions and specialist clubs, such as music-bands and drama.[34]
Performing arts
This includes subject outings, sporting competitions and specialist clubs, such as music-bands and drama.[34]

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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  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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  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  28. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  29. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  30. fortismere.haringey.sch.uk: fortismere.haringey.sch.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The published admission number is 270. (p. 1)
    Children with a sibling at Fortismere (p. 2)
  31. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  32. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  33. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  34. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (10)
    This includes subject outings, sporting competitions and specialist clubs, such as music-bands and drama (p. 2)
    Leaders have put an ambitious curriculum in place. Their expectations for pupils' achievement are high (p. 2)
    Pupils generally behave well in class (p. 2)
    This means that occasionally pupils' behaviour in class disrupts teaching or pupils do not concentrate fully on their learning (p. 3)
    Staff have received training on how to apply this new approach, but a few do not apply it consistently (p. 3)
    Leaders organise a wide range of curriculum enrichment and extra-curricular activities which pupils enjoy (p. 2)
    pupils who study Mandarin Chinese, French and Spanish are given the opportunity to visit those countries (p. 2)
    Many pupils take up leadership opportunities. For example, students in the sixth form have set up an extensive range of clubs and societies (p. 3)
    In the sixth form, teachers routinely encourage students to become independent learners (p. 2)
    In most classes, teachers use tailored adaptations effectively to help pupils with SEND to keep up with their peers (p. 3)