Highams Park School
34 Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ
Local ranking6th of 19 secondary schools in Waltham Forest
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1700
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 51.3%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.0
Avg Points/Entry
37.1
Best 3 A-Levels
131
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.2%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 352
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1547
- Boys
- 796 (51%)
- Girls
- 751 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1700 (91% full)
- SEND
- 13.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.2%
- EAL
- 38.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 97.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,323/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 23.7%
- White Other: 18.5%
- Other: 18.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.3%
- Asian Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.8%
- Black Caribbean: 3.8%
23.7%
White British
18.5%
White Other
18.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137558
- UKPRN
- 10035039
- Establishment No.
- 5400
- Trust
- HIGHAMS PARK ACADEMY TRUST