Fortismere School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Southwing
Tetherdown
Muswell Hill
London
N10 1NE
Phone 02083654400
Reference Number 102156

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1808
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.37%
Girls: 46.63%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 22.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 147 121 268
8 138 130 268
9 147 121 268
10 161 109 270
11 137 126 263
12 111 121 232
13 124 115 239

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Unclassified 36.2%
White, Other 20%
White, British 15.7%
Mixed, Other 12.1%
White & Asian 2.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
African 2%
Indian 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Irish 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-10-14
Date Description Report
2022-04-26 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-12-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-05-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-09-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2011-11-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2008-10-20 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-05-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-10-01 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)
57.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 70.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 80.5% 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 38.77 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.93 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 16.6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 333 63
Third Preference 256 13
From another Local Authority 397 67

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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