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Finchley, North London (on the Woodhouse College site) · Imperial College London

Imperial College London Mathematics School

Opened 2023 — first-ever results ranked 2nd nationally among state schools in The Times' 2025 table.

Imperial College London Mathematics School opened in 2023 on the Woodhouse College site in North London, run in partnership with Imperial College London and the Frontier Learning Trust. Its first-ever cohort produced striking results in August 2025 — 93.5% of grades at A*/A — placing it 2nd nationally among state schools in The Times' league table. It gives London two maths schools with very different sponsor personalities — see our King's vs Imperial comparison, the highest-traffic comparison on this site.

Key facts

Status
Open
Location
Finchley, North London (on the Woodhouse College site)
Region
London
Age range
16–19
University sponsor
Imperial College London
Co-sponsor / partner
Woodhouse College
Opened
2023
Capacity
200 students
Current roll
104 students at the April 2025 Ofsted visit; a third intake of 66 joined in September 2025
DfE URN
149733
Website
www.imperialmathsschool.ac.uk

Admissions

GCSE requirements
Grade 8 or 9 in GCSE Maths; Grade 7+ in the relevant science (Physics and/or Chemistry, or Combined Science); Grade 5+ in English Language or Literature; an average of grade 7 across your best six GCSEs (for the 3 A-level route) or 7.5 across your best eight including English and Maths (for the 4 A-level route).
Entrance test
"Admissions Test" — around 90 minutes, all multiple choice, GCSE-Maths content only (no calculator), assessing algebraic fluency, problem-solving and potential for abstract mathematical thinking.
Interview
Two parts: a mathematics interview assessing skill and learning capability, and a personal interview covering career aspirations and fit.
Deadline
The 2026-entry deadline was Thursday 8 January 2026 (now closed); test 18 January 2026; interviews February 2026; offers March–April 2026; enrolment confirmed on GCSE results day in August 2026.
How to apply
www.imperialmathsschool.ac.uk/admissions2026

Full admissions page for Imperial Maths School →

Subjects

Required: Mathematics, Further Mathematics

Plus at least one of Physics or Chemistry; a fourth A-level is optionally available via the Woodhouse College partnership.

Boarding & travel

Boarding
Not offered — day school
Boarding detail
No boarding facilities — day school.
Travel support
No fees for 16–18-year-olds, and support with travel costs, learning materials and IT equipment is available "based on individual circumstances" — exact amounts aren't published.

Catchment

No formal priority-county or borough policy found — described only as serving "North London and its surrounds" with no stated hard boundary.

No fixed catchment

This school does not operate a defined catchment boundary — see the note above for how it actually decides who can apply.

Results

Year% A*% A*–A% A*–B
202565.5%93.5%98.6%

2025: First-ever cohort (43 students). Reported 2nd nationally among state schools in The Times' 2025 table. 79.1% of students got all A/A* grades; 41.8% got all A*.

Destinations

11.6% of the 2025 cohort went to Oxford or Cambridge and 11.6% to Imperial itself; 37 of 43 students got their first-choice university. Other named destinations include Warwick, Bristol, King's College London, Leeds, Nagoya University and L'École Polytechnique.

Ofsted

Rating
Not yet fully inspected — a monitoring visit rated "significant progress" on all three assessed themes
Date
3–4 April 2025 (published 20 May 2025)
Report
Read the report

Culture & ethos

Explicit mission to widen STEM access for under-represented groups. Self-described as a "small, close-knit, compassionate community" with no school uniform. Runs mentored research projects, university-style masterclasses and coding/engineering short courses; hosts an annual Research Project Finale showcasing Year 12 students' six-month projects.

Leadership

David Lee

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Sources

  1. 1.Imperial Maths School — official site — https://www.imperialmathsschool.ac.uk/
  2. 2.2026 admissions — https://www.imperialmathsschool.ac.uk/admissions2026
  3. 3.2025 A-level results — https://www.imperialmathsschool.ac.uk/a-level-results-2025-111
  4. 4.Ofsted monitoring visit, April 2025 (PDF) — https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50277579
  5. 5.Imperial College News — first A-levels — https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267614/imperial-maths-school-celebrates-first-a-levels/
  6. 6.DfE Get Information About Schools — URN 149733 — https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149733