Harmood School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at truly knowing each pupil and tailoring teaching to how they learn best. Staff provide strong emotional support alongside academic learning, with parents reporting they feel their children are safe and making real progress. The school's combination of personalised learning, practical accredited courses, and focus on pupil wellbeing means young people develop both confidence and valuable life skills.
Key Strengths
- Strong progress in English and mathematics with teaching increasingly well-matched to pupils' individual needs and abilities
- Effective safeguarding with proactive education on local risks, gang affiliation, knife crime, and child sexual exploitation
- Improved attendance at key stage 3 through revised policies, family support, and reward systems
- Newly developed accredited courses (catering, health and fitness, hairdressing and barbering) helping pupils gain valuable qualifications
- Nurture group for key stage 3 pupils building positive learning behaviours and pupil confidence
Areas for Improvement
- Key stage 3 science teaching needs improvement - pupils' understanding of concepts is limited and work not well-matched to starting points, particularly for more able pupils
- Attendance at key stage 4 requires further focus, with curriculum needing better matching to complex pupil needs
- Teaching quality strategies need more time to become embedded consistently across all subjects in the school
- Some pupils at key stage 4 not progressing to education, training or employment
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with proactive education on local risks, gang affiliation, knife crime and child sexual exploitation, alongside thorough staff training and swift multi-agency support decisions.
Extracurricular Activities
Girls' group focusing on child sexual exploitation education, physical education including role play activities, work-related courses, functional skills courses, catering, health and fitness, hairdressing and barbering
Camden Centre for Learning (CCfL) Special School continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained educational quality since the last inspection through improved coaching, mentoring, and staff training, alongside enhanced facilities to meet increasingly complex pupil needs.
At a Glance
72.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
103%
Over capacity
36 pupils
35 capacity
1 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Camden
Places available
1,547
Applications
1,315
Got 1st preference
75.4%
Got preferred school
94.5%
Secondary admissions across Camden (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
The school's pupil mix - ethnicity breakdown, free school meals eligibility, and English as an additional language. Useful context when evaluating school fit.
Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
35.35434%
Overall absence
75%
Persistent absence
40
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Harmood School
Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, NW1
Hawley Primary School
Rhyl Community Primary School
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primrose Hill School
Kentish Town Church of England Primary School
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Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School
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