Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Westminster
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 19 May 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 23 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry252 applications · 106 places offered · 56 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Westminster median median 2.7
- 2025 2.3; Westminster median median 2.5
- 2024 2.2; Westminster median median 3.1
- 2023 2.3; Westminster median median 2.7
- 2022 2.2; Westminster median median 3.0
- 2021 2.1; Westminster median median 3.1
- 2020 1.8; Westminster median median 3.7
- 2019 2.1; Westminster median median 3.3
- 2018 2.0; Westminster median median 3.7
- 2017 2.5; Westminster median median 4.1
- 2016 2.7; Westminster median median 4.1
- 2015 2.2; Westminster median median 3.8
- 2014 2.5; Westminster median median 3.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 106 | 252 | 2.4 | 56 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2025 | 117 | 267 | 2.3 | 61 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2024 | 117 | 253 | 2.2 | 78 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 118 | 269 | 2.3 | 63 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2022 | 128 | 284 | 2.2 | 74 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2021 | 111 | 233 | 2.1 | 58 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2020 | 134 | 242 | 1.8 | 61 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 335 | 2.1 | 74 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 295 | 2.0 | 70 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2017 | 146 | 367 | 2.5 | 108 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 150 | 407 | 2.7 | 106 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 | 148 | 328 | 2.2 | 83 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2014 | 148 | 362 | 2.5 | 89 | 0.60 |
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.) | 84 | 48.8 | 50% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 86 | 52.1 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 114 | 50.7 | 51% | 75% | +0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 52.7 | 59% | 73% | +0.37 |
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
- Westminster City SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.4applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · WestminsterOutstanding20225.3applications per place 62.9Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Westminster20262.1applications per place 55.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Kensington and ChelseaGood20222.0applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · LambethOutstanding20244.9applications per place 56.7Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · LambethOutstanding20233.4applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Southwark20263.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LambethRequires improvement20232.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · WestminsterGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 62.8Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138312 · 213/4687
- Trust
- Westminster City School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 890 pupils · 790 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2012
- Replaced
- Westminster City School (URN 101153)
- Address
- 55 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HJ
- Local authority
- Westminster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources