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Pimlico Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,079Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135676URN

Lupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.6 below Westminster median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Westminster

427 applications for 205 places · 10th of 10 in Westminster
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.9of 90
4th of 11 in Westminster
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 February 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 5 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Westminster median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

427 applications · 205 places offered · 136 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Westminster median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.2; Westminster median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.1; Westminster median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.4; Westminster median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.5; Westminster median median 3.0
  6. 2021 3.1; Westminster median median 3.1
  7. 2020 3.3; Westminster median median 3.7
  8. 2019 3.3; Westminster median median 3.3
  9. 2018 3.1; Westminster median median 3.7
  10. 2017 2.7; Westminster median median 4.1
  11. 2016 2.9; Westminster median median 4.1
  12. 2015 2.9; Westminster median median 3.8
  13. 2014 2.7; Westminster median median 3.4
More applications per place than the Westminster median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Westminster 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262054272.11360.66
Sep 20251814032.21080.60
Sep 20241934102.11250.65
Sep 20232004752.41540.77
Sep 20222004962.51620.81
Sep 20212006263.11740.87
Sep 20202016703.32211.10
Sep 20192066813.32231.08
Sep 20182136613.12201.03
Sep 20172115732.71710.81
Sep 20162146142.91600.75
Sep 20152256492.91910.85
Sep 20142195972.71820.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

180 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.94th of 11 in Westminster
Grade 5 or above in English and maths59%5th of 11 in Westminster
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Westminster median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18055.959%78%–
2024/2518954.258%76%–
2023/2418550.354%69%+0.27
2022/2320050.749%68%+0.30

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

  • 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
135676 · 213/6908
Trust
Future Academies
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,250 pupils · 1,079 on roll
Free school meals
58.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2008
Replaced
Pimlico School (URN 101148)
Address
Lupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT
Local authority
Westminster

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources