Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry- 2015 399.0; Westminster median median 3.8
- 2014 8.3; Westminster median median 3.4
- This school
- Westminster median
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.9 per place (158 applications for 84 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2018 | 0 | 435 | 63 | ||
| Sep 2017 | 0 | 457 | 64 | ||
| Sep 2016 | 0 | 420 | 94 | ||
| Sep 2015 | 1 | 399 | 399.0 | 79 | 79.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 51 | 423 | 8.3 | 128 | 2.51 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 96 | 50.4 | 56% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 101 | 51.3 | 58% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 89 | 59.6 | 75% | 90% | +1.18 |
| 2022/23 | 65 | 58.2 | 69% | 80% | +1.09 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ark King Solomon AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding202350.4Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · WestminsterRemains Good20223.0applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · WestminsterGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 62.8Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · WestminsterGood20232.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · WestminsterOutstanding20234.1applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · WestminsterGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · WestminsterImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · WestminsterGood20232.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · CamdenGood20242.9applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 135242 · 213/6907
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,319 on roll
- Free school meals
- 65.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Address
- Penfold Street, London, NW1 6RX
- Local authority
- Westminster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources