Highbury Fields School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Highbury Hill
London
N5 1AR
Phone 02072881888
Reference Number 100455

General Makeup

Number of pupils 747
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 48.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 50.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 138 138
8 Unknown 135 135
9 Unknown 140 140
10 Unknown 138 138
11 Unknown 127 127
12 Unknown 28 28
13 Unknown 41 41

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 20.9%
White, Other 17%
White, British 15.5%
Mixed, Other 10%
Caribbean 3.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.8%
White & Asian 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.2%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2022-11-14
Date Description Report
2022-09-27 School inspection School inspection
2016-10-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-01-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-11-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-07 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-09-27 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
51.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 70.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

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.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 29.06 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 28.52 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 2.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 110 28
Third Preference 106 10
From another Local Authority 97 18

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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