Gladesmore Community School
Crowland Road, Tottenham, London, N15 6EB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Bernard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Tottenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,215
- Pupils on roll
- 1,206
- URN
- 102157
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088000884
About this school
Gladesmore Community School is a community secondary school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,206 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 259 | 259 | 257 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.2 | 46.5 | 43.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.30 -0.48 to -0.13 | -0.02 -0.20 to +0.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 44.8% | 33.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 65.3% | 58.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 79% | 79.2% | 68.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gladesmore Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Haringey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.5 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 36.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,304 |
| 2023/24 | 1,281 |
| 2024/25 | 1,236 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gladesmore Community School compares
Gladesmore Community School ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Haringey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.8 | 9.4% | 54.8% | 1,206 | — |
| Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School | 59 | 5.8% | 2.3% | 380 | 0.5 miles |
| All Saints Catholic High School | 44.1 | 8% | 52.2% | 473 | 0.6 miles |
| Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) | 39.9 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 100 | 0.6 miles |
| Park View School | 38.8 | 5.6% | 52.6% | 987 | 1.2 miles |
| Willowfield School | 46.1 | 8.8% | 33.8% | 1,035 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.77%
- English as an additional language
- 42.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.44%
- Persistent absence
- 32.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School0.5 miles
Secondary · London
-
All Saints Catholic High School0.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)0.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
Park View School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
-
Willowfield School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Gladesmore Community School ranks 209th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gladesmore Community School teach?
- Gladesmore Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Gladesmore Community School?
- The headteacher of Gladesmore Community School is Mr Paul Bernard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gladesmore Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gladesmore Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gladesmore Community School?
- Gladesmore Community School has 1,206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Gladesmore Community School full?
- Gladesmore Community School has capacity for 1,215 pupils and 1,206 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gladesmore Community School a faith school?
- No. Gladesmore Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Gladesmore Community School a selective school?
- No. Gladesmore Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Gladesmore Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.2 in 2022/23 and 43.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gladesmore Community School rank locally?
- Gladesmore Community School ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Haringey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gladesmore Community School's absence rate?
- Gladesmore Community School's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gladesmore Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gladesmore Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.