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Highams Park School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.08 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 47.5[6] 44.9%[6]
2023/24 50[4] 55.2%[4] +0.08[4]
2022/23 49[7] 50%[7] -0.04[7]
2021/22 51.7[8] 59%[8] -0.10[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.2% 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 C+[10] 11.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 11.8%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 11.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 6.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
60% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
13% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 68%[15] 7%[15] 14%[15] 2%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 62%[16] 6%[16] 24%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 70%[17] 8%[17] 13%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 66%[18] 9%[18] 15%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[19]
Education
76% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 69%[20] 6%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 74%[21] 4%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 73%[22] 4%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 72%[23] 5%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 78%[26] 29%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 26%[25] 21%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 21%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 15%[28] 14%[28] 0%[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

Latest inspection
22 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
3 Jul 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Mar 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
22 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
736 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
231 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
229 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 649[32] 207[32] 237[32] 2.7[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 665[32] 190[32] 232[32] 2.9[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 723[32] 236[32] 236[32] 3.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 728[32] 245[32] 234[32] 3.1[32] 1.0[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
240 Entry Sept 2026[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1700[1]
Trust
HIGHAMS PARK ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.highamsparkschool.co.uk[1]
District
Waltham Forest[34]
Postcode
E4 9PJ[1]
URN
137558[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1547 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
38.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
10.8% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.2% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
46.8%[36]
Mixed
15.6%[36]
Asian
18.5%[36]
Black
13.4%[36]
Any other ethnic group
4.6%[36]
Unclassified
1.1%[36]

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.

Sources

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    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.
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    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.
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    Quote
    There is no increase in the current Published Admission Number (PAN) of 240 year 7 places. (p. 1)
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