Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry499 applications · 170 places offered · 108 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.9
- 2025 3.4; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
- 2024 3.5; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.9
- 2023 4.2; Kensington and Chelsea median median 4.2
- 2022 4.3; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5
- 2021 4.5; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5
- 2020 4.2; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.7
- 2019 4.0; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
- 2018 4.3; Kensington and Chelsea median median 2.3
- 2017 4.9; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.4
- 2016 5.0; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.8
- 2015 4.6; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.5
- 2014 4.5; Kensington and Chelsea median median 3.6
- This school
- Kensington and Chelsea median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 2026 | 170 | 499 | 2.9 | 108 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 589 | 3.4 | 124 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 174 | 614 | 3.5 | 129 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 175 | 741 | 4.2 | 161 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 745 | 4.3 | 156 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 173 | 775 | 4.5 | 132 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 731 | 4.2 | 133 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 705 | 4.0 | 131 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2018 | 176 | 750 | 4.3 | 110 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2017 | 176 | 857 | 4.9 | 158 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 177 | 888 | 5.0 | 181 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 | 176 | 811 | 4.6 | 185 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 790 | 4.5 | 191 | 1.09 |
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.) | 178 | 53.3 | 58% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 51.9 | 53% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 50.1 | 55% | 74% | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 53.1 | 61% | 76% | +0.38 |
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
- Chelsea AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · WandsworthRemains Good20221.9applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Hammersmith and FulhamOutstanding20224.4applications per place 59.9Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Hammersmith and FulhamGood20225.2applications per place 63.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Hammersmith and FulhamOutstanding20236.2applications per place 64.7Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Hammersmith and FulhamOutstanding20244.3applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · WandsworthRemains Outstanding20231.9applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Hammersmith and Fulham20262.2applications per place 58.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Kensington and ChelseaGood20222.0applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135531 · 207/6905
- Trust
- The Chelsea Academy (A Science Academy)
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,106 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Address
- Lots Road, Chelsea, London, SW10 0AB
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources