The Camden School for Girls A GSG School
- The Camden School for Girls
Sandall Road
London
NW5 2DB - Head: Kateryna Law
- T 020 7485 3414
- F 020 7284 3361
- E [email protected]
- W www.camdengirl….camden.sch.uk/
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Camden
- Pupils: 1,050; sixth formers: 451 (139 boys)
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 8th June 2022
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 6th December 2007
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Pulls off the difficult job of being a hugely popular, high achieving, all ability comprehensive. Benefits from the support of a greater range of well known and inspiring alumnae than most independent schools. The main school is hugely diverse ethnically and socially, including many middle class families who did a tactical move to the area during the late primary school years, plus large numbers who speak eg Bengali, Greek or Somali at home. Parents say: ‘Very good for independent minded, critical...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since 2021, Kateryna Law, previously head of secondary at George Mitchell School in Leyton. Maths degree from New College, Oxford, after which she taught and led in some of the highest achieving state schools in London. Committed to improving social mobility, she led on large scale programmes which saw local Newham students, in their hundreds, going on to some of the most elite universities in the country and worldwide. Lives in east London with her husband and two children. Loves the outdoors and likes running and gardening.
Entrance
At 11, everyone sits an assessment test which places them in one of four bands - 30 admitted from each band. Preference within this to those with an EHC plan naming the school; then looked-after children; then siblings; then those with exceptional medical or social need. Eight music...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
All pupils with reading ages below 10 are withdrawn for extra support in small groups. In class support at KS3 and KS4 support options. An alternative curriculum is offered at KS4.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's School, Hampstead | 2024 | 1 |
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