Fortismere

Fortismere is a Foundation School with multiple specialisms in Maths, Foreign Languages, Music and Computing. The school vision is “To be an outstanding school nationally, championing high aspirations and academic excellence and nurturing the individuality and potentional of every student”.

For a number of years Fortismere has been identified as an HPSS (High Performing Specialist School) and is highly regarded and very well supported by the community that it serves.

With a strong focus on academic excellence for all, as well as diverse cultural enrichment with strong international links, the school recently featured as one of the Top 20 comprehensives in the country in a Times newspaper article and is heavily over-subscribed in all years.

With a Sixth Form of 450 students, the school attracts applicantions from over 500 post-16 students each year. Most of our Year 13 leavers go on to university and many gain places at top Russell Group universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, studying in highly competitive areas like Medicine, Natural Sciences, Law and English.

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Address

(South Wing and Sixth Form Centre)
Tetherdown, Muswell Hill, London N10 1NE
(North Wing)
Creighton Avenue, Muswell Hill London N10 1NS

Contact details

Telephone 020 8365 4400
Fax 020 8444 7822 (South Wing)
Email southwing@fortismere.haringey.sch.uk or sixthform@fortismere.haringey.sch.uk
Website www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk - See external links section below

Staff / Management

Head Mr Aydin Önaç
Deputy headteachers Martyn Henson, Lynda Katzen
Chair of Governors Mr Jules Mason

Pupils

Gender mixed
Age range 11-18
Number of pupils on roll 1660
Planned admission number 243 (nine classes of 27 pupils each).

Characteristics

Description secondary foundation school
Religious character non-denominational
Boarding provision no
Specialist status Maths, Foreign Languages, Music and Computing
DfES Number 309 4032.

Transport

Nearest buses 234, 144
Nearest tube station East Finchley
Nearest rail station Alexandra Palace.

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Admission by Musical Aptitude

Up to 10% of places (24 children in each year group) will be allocated on the basis of aptitude in Music, to be determined by prescribed tests. There will be two stages to the process. In the first stage, all applicants for places under this criterion must sit a written test of musical aptitude. There will be one test session on a specified date in September.

Applicants who achieve the qualifying mark in the first stage test will be invited to the second stage, and given an individual appointment during the school day near the start of October.

Candidates applying for admission by musical aptitude should complete a supplementary application form available under the attached files section below

Further details may be viewed at www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk (see external links section below)

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İlişik Dosyalar
Filename	Filetype	Size
fortismere inspection report.pdf	PDF	261K
fortismere - determined admission arrangements 2010.pdf	PDF	25K
fortismere - supplementary application form musical aptitude.doc	Word	33K
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