Schools in Camden
56 state-funded schools, 20,549 pupils. 100% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 19 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
2 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Camden?
Camden has 56 state-funded schools teaching 20,549 pupils. 38 primary, 10 secondary, 5 special.
What percentage of schools in Camden are Good or Outstanding?
100% of the 54 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Camden are rated Good or Outstanding: 19 Outstanding and 35 Good. 0 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Camden are rated Outstanding?
19 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Camden: Parliament Hill School, Kingsgate Primary School, Torriano Primary School, Rhyl Community Primary School, Richard Cobden Primary School, Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre, and 13 more listed below.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Parliament Hill SchoolSecondary1,229Outstanding 2024
- Kingsgate Primary SchoolPrimary594Outstanding 2023
- Torriano Primary SchoolPrimary445Outstanding 2024
- Rhyl Community Primary SchoolPrimary392Outstanding 2024
- Richard Cobden Primary SchoolPrimary379Outstanding 2019
- Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research CentreSpecial260Outstanding 2023
- Eleanor Palmer Primary SchoolPrimary237Outstanding 2023
- St Mary's Kilburn Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary229Outstanding 2023
- Kentish Town Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary226Outstanding 2024
- Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolPrimary224Outstanding 2022
- Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary219Outstanding 2023
- Edith Neville Primary SchoolPrimary204Outstanding 2023
- St Eugene de Mazenod Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary204Outstanding 2023
- St George the Martyr Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary197Outstanding 2024
- Christ Church Primary School, HampsteadPrimary191Outstanding 2023
- Thomas Coram CentreNursery116Outstanding 2024
- Royal Free Hospital Children's SchoolSpecial76Outstanding 2019
- Frank Barnes School for Deaf ChildrenSpecial35Outstanding 2023
- Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCHSpecialOutstanding 2023
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 38 | 36 | 100% |
| Secondary | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Special | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Alternative provision | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Nursery | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Camden
Showing 20 of 56 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
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Parliament Hill School | Secondary | 1,229 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hampstead School | Secondary | 1,228 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Acland Burghley School | Secondary | 1,218 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Regent High School | Secondary | 1,086 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Camden School for Girls | Secondary | 1,076 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The UCL Academy | Secondary | 1,015 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Haverstock School | Secondary | 909 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
William Ellis School | Secondary | 817 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ | Secondary | 812 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kingsgate Primary School | Primary | 594 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School | Secondary | 586 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Torriano Primary School | Primary | 445 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Primrose Hill School | Primary | 429 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Gospel Oak Primary School | Primary | 424 | Outstanding2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
West Hampstead Primary School | Primary | 409 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Brookfield Primary School | Primary | 394 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Rhyl Community Primary School | Primary | 392 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Netley Primary School | Primary | 388 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kings Cross Academy | Primary | 388 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Richard Cobden Primary School | Primary | 379 | Outstanding2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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