The Garden School

Type Special School / Community special school
Age Range 4-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Wordsworth Road
London
N16 8BZ
Phone 02072548096
Reference Number 100311

General Makeup

Number of pupils 193
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 81.87%
Girls: 18.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 57.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 41.5%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 5 13
2 12 2 14
3 7 4 11
4 10 5 15
5 12 Unknown 12
6 16 1 17
7 8 5 13
8 14 2 16
9 16 1 17
10 13 2 15
11 11 1 12
12 11 2 13
13 8 2 10

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 32.1%
White, British 8.3%
White, Other 8.3%
Caribbean 7.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6.7%
Mixed, Other 6.7%
White & Black (African) 2.6%
Indian 2.1%
Asian, Other 2.1%
White & Asian 1%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2025-01-24
Date Description Report
2024-12-03 School inspection School inspection
2023-03-21 School inspection School inspection
2018-01-16 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-06-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-01-20 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-04-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-01-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-03-15 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Writing -5.2 Unlock Unlock
Maths -6.4 Unlock Unlock

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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