Highgate Wood Secondary School

State-Funded School

highgate-wood-secondary-school-haringey-london

LondonRegion

HaringeyLocal Authority

Hornsey and Friern BarnetConstituency

N8 8RNPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Highgate Wood Secondary School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Haringey, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,524 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 56.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 62.4%
EBacc average point score: 4.97

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

17%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,524

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 1,524
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 18 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Dec 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.