Regent High School

About Regent High School

Regent High School’s headline Progress 8 score of -0.27 places it slightly above the Camden local authority average of -0.32, a modest but meaningful difference for a school in one of London’s more competitive boroughs. This means that, on average, pupils at Regent leave Year 11 with outcomes a fraction closer to the national benchmark than their peers across Camden’s other state secondaries. The school ranks 8th out of 12 schools in the borough on this measure, putting it in the lower half locally, though its national percentile ranking (roughly the 69th percentile) shows it performs better than many schools across England. The gap between Regent and the top-performing Camden schools is significant — Camden School for Girls, for instance, posts a Progress 8 score of 0.62 — but Regent’s result is a clear improvement on the LA average, which is dragged down by several schools with much weaker scores.

Academically, the picture is mixed but shows real strengths in certain areas. At KS4, 60.2% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, a solid baseline figure. The school’s Attainment 8 score of 44.5 equates to just under a grade 5 per subject on average. Progress in maths (-0.12) and English (-0.17) is close to the national average, while the EBacc average point score of 4.13 reflects a decent spread of academic subjects. At A-level, the school’s value-added score of -0.01 is essentially neutral, meaning sixth-form students achieve in line with expectations given their prior attainment. The average points per entry of 28.85 translates to a grade C, and the best three A-levels average out at a C grade too. Only 2.4% of entries achieved AAB or higher, which is low, but the sixth form is small — just 62 students — so individual results can shift the percentages significantly.

Regent is a large, oversubscribed comprehensive with 1,086 pupils against a capacity of 1,100. It received 310 applications for 147 Year 7 places in 2025/26, with 113 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.11. The school has a very high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 67.6%, well above the national average, and offers a wide range of SEND provisions including support for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and physical disabilities, plus a resourced provision. Facilities include a swimming pool, sports hall, ICT suites, art studios, and a sixth form centre. The school runs a strong extracurricular programme with clubs like Debate, Model UN, DofE, and Young Enterprise, plus sports from rowing to martial arts. It suits families looking for a genuinely comprehensive, inclusive secondary in central London with a good sixth form and a broad offer, though those prioritising top-tier academic outcomes may want to look at higher-ranked Camden schools.

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