Park View School

About Park View School

Park View School, a mixed secondary in Haringey for pupils aged 11 to 16, holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, with every assessed category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — all judged Good. The single most telling exam metric is its Progress 8 score of 0.01, which means pupils achieve almost exactly the results expected nationally given their starting points. That places the school 10th out of 12 state secondaries in Haringey, and in the 47th percentile nationally — squarely in the middle of the pack. For context, the local authority average Progress 8 score is 0.33, so Park View sits a little below that borough-wide figure. The Attainment 8 score of 38.7 is modest, and just 29.6% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, compared with 47.3% at the grade 4 threshold. Only 6.2% entered the EBacc at the higher grade 5 level, and the EBacc average point score is 3.4.

Digging deeper into the Progress 8 breakdown, the school shows a mixed picture across subject areas. Pupils make positive progress in English (0.16) and in the EBacc subjects (0.21), but progress in maths is negative at -0.29, and open subjects also lag slightly at -0.1. This suggests that while the school is effective at driving literacy and humanities outcomes, maths is a relative weakness. The school has no sixth form, so all pupils leave after Year 11. In its most recent inspection, Ofsted noted that the school had held a Good rating since at least 2013, when it was last inspected, and the current leadership team has maintained that standard. With 1,041 pupils on roll against a capacity of 1,215, the school is not full, and 43.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, indicating a diverse and disadvantaged intake.

Park View is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 410 applications for 154 places, a ratio of 2.66 applicants per place, with 107 first-preference offers made. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a swimming pool, astro turf, science labs, music rooms, and a chapel, plus clubs from orchestra to coding and sports including cricket, martial arts, and cross country. Its SEND provisions are extensive, covering dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and physical disabilities, among others. For families seeking a Good-rated, inclusive secondary in Haringey with strong English outcomes and a wide co-curricular offer, Park View is a popular choice — though those prioritising maths progress or EBacc breadth may want to look at higher-ranked local options like Alexandra Park School or Fortismere School.

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