The Camden School for Girls
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · London, Camden
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.38 miles
Cut off distances (measured in miles) · Published by London Borough of Camden · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Camden School for Girls is a secondary school in London, Camden for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Camden has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Camden School for Girls 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 | 0.38 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
- In Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.38 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 254 first-choice applications for 116 offers; 111 offers went to first-choice families, and 143 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 285 of the 597 applications (48%) came from families living outside Camden, and 35 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 79% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Sandall Road, London, NW5 2DB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Camden
- Pupils on roll
- 1,108 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Camden School for Girls is a calm, caring place where pupils aim high.”
- “Staff help pupils to develop considerate attitudes and an awareness of the wider world.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all their pupils.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, particularly in Years 7 to 9, leaders’ curriculum planning is not so well thought out.”
- “Some lessons are not well sequenced to build up pupils’ knowledge over time.”
- “In a few subjects, leaders do not ensure that pupils are taught the full range of subject content as set out in the national curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 September 2022 (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) | 79% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 64 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | A- | 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: 254 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 111 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.
- Haverstock School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Regent High School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Acland Burghley School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parliament Hill School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- William Ellis School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The UCL Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published