Secondary
Highgate Wood Secondary School
Montenotte Road, London, N8 8RN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1524 of 1465 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 127.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 1,554
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
62%
9 points above the London average (53% across 239 schools)
56.3
5.2 above the London average (51.1 across 239 schools)
143rd of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.97 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.21 |
| A level students | 134 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 58% |
| 22/23 | 63% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 62% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.7 |
| 22/23 | 34.3 |
| 23/24 | 35.1 |
| 24/25 | 34.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.19 |
| 22/23 | +0.15 |
| 23/24 | +0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.1 |
| 22/23 | 53.9 |
| 23/24 | 50.8 |
| 24/25 | 56.3 |
Montenotte Road, London, N8 8RN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Haringey admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Patrick Cozier
- Address
- Montenotte Road, London, N8 8RN
- Telephone
- 02083427970