Schools in Camden
89 schools in the Camden local authority.
Schools
89
Open schools
Pupils
28,726
2025–26 census
Good or better
100%
59 of 59 graded
Academic Performance
7.4
out of 10 · 65 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 22 37%
- Good
- 37 63%
- Requires improvement
- 0 0%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
2 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card28 not judged
7.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 65 of 89 schools that can be scored
Pupils
28,726
pupils on roll
Boys 49%51% Girls
Roll from 88 of 89 schools (28,726 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
38%Asian
18%Black
16%Mixed
15%Chinese
<1%Any other group
8%Unclassified
3%Ethnicity from 55 of 89 schools (20,023 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- First language not English
- 43.4%
- Young carers
- <1%
9,258 of 20,071 pupils · 57 of 89 schools
8,684 of 20,023 pupils · 55 of 89 schools
16 of 19,918 pupils · 54 of 89 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 4
- Special
- 5
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 8
Top primary schools in Camden
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Christ Church Primary School, HampsteadCamden · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Eleanor Palmer Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Kingsgate Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.St Eugene de Mazenod Roman Catholic Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 6.St Mary's Kilburn Church of England Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 7.Torriano Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 8.Gospel Oak Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 9.Kentish Town Church of England Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 10.Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 11.Rhyl Community Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 12.Richard Cobden Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 13.St George the Martyr Church of England Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 14.Edith Neville Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 15.Abacus Belsize Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.1/10
- 16.Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolCamden · Primary9.0/10Good
- 17.Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolCamden · Primary8.9/10Good
- 18.Argyle Primary SchoolCamden · Primary8.8/10Good
- 19.Fitzjohn's Primary SchoolCamden · Primary8.7/10Good
- 20.St Luke's Church of England SchoolCamden · Primary8.6/10Good
Top secondary schools in Camden
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Parliament Hill SchoolCamden · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.The Camden School for GirlsCamden · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 3.Acland Burghley SchoolCamden · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 4.William Ellis SchoolCamden · Secondary7.6/10
- 5.La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary SchoolCamden · Secondary6.7/10
- 6.The UCL AcademyCamden · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 7.Hampstead SchoolCamden · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 8.Regent High SchoolCamden · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 9.Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJCamden · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 10.Haverstock SchoolCamden · Secondary2.9/10Good
Browse all 89 schools in Camden — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Camden
- How many schools are there in Camden?
- Camden has 89 open schools — 53 primary, 14 secondary, 5 special, 2 nursery, teaching 28,726 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Camden are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 59 of the 59 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 100% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 22 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 89: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Camden?
- 7.4 out of 10, averaged across the 65 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Camden schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 30 schools in Camden currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Camden local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Camden covers 89 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Camden are eligible for free school meals?
- 46.1% — 9,258 of 20,071 pupils at the 57 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.