Parliament Hill School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Camden
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.24 miles
Published by London Borough of Camden · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parliament Hill School is a secondary school in London, Camden for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Camden has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Parliament Hill School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.24 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 drew 183 first-choice applications for 179 offers; 124 offers went to first-choice families, and 59 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 642 Year 7 applications for 2026, 296 (46%) came from families living outside Camden, and 64 offers went to them.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.24 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
- 59% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Camden.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Camden schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Camden
- Pupils on roll
- 1,191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “This school is driven by its ethos to support all pupils to be ‘high achieving and happy’.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are exceptionally well supported.”
- “Staff know pupils well and have very high expectations for them.”
To improve
- “Leaders have identified areas where some routines need to be strengthened further so that students achieve consistently well.”
- “These strategies are being developed further in the sixth form to ensure their attendance matches that of younger pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 183 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 124 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Camden.
- William Ellis School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Acland Burghley School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haverstock School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Camden School for Girls 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The UCL Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Regent High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published