Secondary
Central Foundation Boys' School
Cowper Street, City Road, London, EC2A 4SH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1152 of 1050 places
- Local authority
- Islington
- Sixth form
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
69%
55.2
39th of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 59% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.72 |
| A level students | 111 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 62% |
| 24/25 | 69% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.3 |
| 22/23 | 35.5 |
| 23/24 | 38.5 |
| 24/25 | 37.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.83 |
| 22/23 | +0.55 |
| 23/24 | +0.56 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61.7 |
| 22/23 | 57.2 |
| 23/24 | 55.3 |
| 24/25 | 55.2 |
Cowper Street, City Road, London, EC2A 4SH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Islington admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jamie Brownhill
- Address
- Cowper Street, City Road, London, EC2A 4SH
- Telephone
- 02072533741