Community school

Gladesmore Community School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formHaringey, London · London N15 6EBSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,206of 1,215 places
Free school meals
52.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
257
Ofsted
Inspected, 22 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Gladesmore Community School has no sixth form. Of the 259 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 21% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.8 against 46.1 across England and 48.5 in Haringey, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Haringey and England.

Gladesmore Community School
Haringey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGladesmore Community SchoolHaringeyEngland
Pupils in the cohort2592,723607,348
Any sustained destination90%92%92%
Stayed in education88%91%86%
— school sixth form17%43%34%
— sixth form college21%16%13%
— further education college46%30%37%
— other education4%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment2%1%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown5%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureGladesmore Community SchoolHaringeyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)43.848.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects68%49%41%
EBacc average point score4.194.384.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort53%37%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils40.440.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils47.753.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language42%41%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics25599%88%14%22%63%
English Language25398%89%17%20%67%
English Literature25298%86%16%21%68%
Combined Science21784%65%10%9%55%
History15159%41%19%26%55%
Spanish9738%19%30%27%61%
French8633%18%17%29%47%
Geography7328%41%18%25%58%
Computer Science5923%13%44%30%71%
Art and Design4618%7%20%24%78%
Physics3112%23%68%46%100%
Biology3112%23%74%45%100%
Chemistry3112%23%74%47%100%
Turkish2711%0%41%71%96%
Religious Studies2510%31%20%32%44%
Media Studies229%4%9%20%77%
Music197%5%16%33%89%
Physical Education197%11%5%24%84%
Citizenship Studies187%3%6%19%67%
Food Preparation and Nutrition187%8%28%21%83%
Design and Technology125%11%17%23%25%
Statistics114%5%9%20%91%
Polish94%1%67%84%78%
Portuguese62%0%50%50%100%
Arabic31%1%47%
Persian21%0%77%
Fine Art10%9%28%
Textiles10%2%27%
Chinese10%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama54
Sports Studies31
Computer Appreciation / Introduction3
Additional Mathematics FSMQ1

Other secondary schools in Haringey

Alexandra Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,888 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.2

Duke's Aldridge

Academy converter · 873 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.1

Fortismere School

Foundation school · sixth form · 1,746 pupils

97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.1

Greig City Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,137 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.