Central Foundation Boys' School

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Cowper Street
City Road
London
EC2A 4SH
Phone 02072533741
Reference Number 100458

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1132
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 93.64%
Girls: 6.36%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 40.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 28.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 181 Unknown 181
8 178 Unknown 178
9 173 Unknown 173
10 175 Unknown 175
11 165 Unknown 165
12 94 39 133
13 94 33 127

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 19.9%
African 18.4%
Mixed, Other 11.8%
White, Other 11.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.7%
Caribbean 2.3%
White & Asian 2%
White & Black (African) 2%
Pakistani 1.2%
Asian, Other 1.1%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2015-03-02
Date Description Report
2015-02-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-11-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-01-29 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-09-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-03-24 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)
54.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 61.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 72.6% 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 35.51 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 35.08 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 20% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 137 30
Third Preference 83 1
From another Local Authority 242 73

Previous Years

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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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