Gladesmore Community School

About Gladesmore Community School

Gladesmore Community School in Haringey was judged Outstanding across every graded category in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school has held an Outstanding rating since at least its previous inspection in 2013. However, the most telling academic metric is its Progress 8 score of -0.02, which places it in the national average banding. This means that, on average, pupils achieve almost exactly what would be expected given their starting points, neither significantly above nor below the national benchmark. Within Haringey, that score ranks Gladesmore 11th out of 12 state secondary schools, putting it in the bottom half locally. For context, the local authority average Progress 8 score is 0.33, so the school sits below that figure. The Attainment 8 score of 46.5 gives a sense of raw results, with 65.3% of pupils achieving a grade 4 or above in English and maths, and 44.8% achieving a grade 5 or above.

The school serves a notably diverse intake, with 50% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Despite this, the Progress 8 score suggests that the school broadly maintains expected progress across the cohort. In English, the Progress 8 score is +0.13, indicating slightly better-than-expected progress, while maths is -0.24, showing a small dip. The EBacc entry rate is high at 79.2%, reflecting a strong push towards the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects, though only 36.7% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in those subjects. Parental opinion is largely positive: 80% of respondents would recommend the school, and 95% agreed or strongly agreed that the school has high expectations for their child. The school is oversubscribed, with 569 applications for 237 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, a ratio of 2.4 applicants per place, and 184 first-preference offers were made.

Gladesmore is an 11-16 mixed secondary school with no sixth form, so pupils will need to move on after Year 11. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a swimming pool, theatre, astro turf, and music rooms, plus clubs such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, coding, and drama. It has extensive SEND provisions covering autistic spectrum disorder, dyslexia, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health support, among others. The school is located in Haringey, London, and is one of four Outstanding-rated schools in the local authority. Given its high free school meals percentage and strong parental satisfaction around expectations and communication, this school may particularly suit families who value a structured, inclusive environment with a broad curriculum offer, even if its headline Progress 8 score is not among the strongest in the borough.

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