Central Foundation Boys' School
Cowper Street, City Road, London, EC2A 4SH
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Boys (mixed sixth form)
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,152 (1,067 boys, 85 girls) Girls numbers are sixth-form students.
- Capacity: 1050
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 42%
- Telephone: 02072533741
- Ofsted: Outstanding (3 Feb 2015); inspected again 11 Mar 2025, no overall grade
- Attainment 8: 55.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 559 applications, 173 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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