Harmood SchoolSwiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in London.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Harmood School and Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre in London.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Harmood School was judged Good and Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre was judged Outstanding.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Harmood School versus Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LondonHarmood SchoolLondonSwiss Cottage School - Development & Research CentreEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity special school Community special school
Age range11-16 4-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll36 264
Capacity35 260
LocationLondon, NW1 8DP London, NW8 6HX
GCSE results
Attainment 80.3 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score0.00 Not reported4.09
Cohort7 22
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported0.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported0.0% 8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census39 260
Free school meals (ever 6)79.5% 61.2%
English as an additional language12.8% 44.6%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence35.4% 14.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence75.0% 43.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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