Central Foundation Boys’ School

Comprehensive

National rank

267=

244=

Rank last year

61%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

36%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Jamie Brownhill
Attendance 93.6%
Gender of entry Boys
Send pupils* 30.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,133
Pupils on free school meals 46.6%
Progress 8 WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 272=

Grade

%

A*/A

29

A*-B

61

GCSE 2025 rank: 260=

Grade

%

9/8/7

36

What the school inspection says

“The head teacher, together with governors and leaders at all levels, has brought about rapid improvements in the school’s performance since the last inspection ... The students’ achievement in English, mathematics and science is particularly strong ... The many activities outside the classroom are much appreciated by students. Music and sport are particularly strong ... The school promotes students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development exceptionally well. Leaders are very diligent in ensuring that extremism has no place within the school. Students are very well prepared for life in modern Britain.”
Inspection
2015
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
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