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Alperton Community School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,929Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138610URN

Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 below Brent median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Brent

694 applications for 321 places · 11th of 16 in Brent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.1of 90
7th of 15 in Brent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 17 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
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 March 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 14 July 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Brent median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

694 applications · 321 places offered · 287 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Brent median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.2; Brent median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.1; Brent median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.2; Brent median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.1; Brent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.2; Brent median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.4; Brent median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.5; Brent median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.3; Brent median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Brent median median 2.9
  11. 2016 2.3; Brent median median 3.0
  12. 2015 2.3; Brent median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.3; Brent median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Brent median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Brent 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 20263216942.22870.89
Sep 20253227082.23140.98
Sep 20243246752.12530.78
Sep 20233227142.22740.85
Sep 20223226732.12810.87
Sep 20213186842.22240.70
Sep 20203227602.42620.81
Sep 20193217892.52190.68
Sep 20183217282.32360.74
Sep 20172655692.21810.68
Sep 20162164962.31450.67
Sep 20152184932.31450.67
Sep 20142185112.31390.64

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

324 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.17th of 15 in Brent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%8th of 15 in Brent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Brent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.79
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)32449.149%67%–
2024/2532449.651%67%–
2023/2430851.955%70%+0.79
2022/2331251.253%69%+0.82

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138610 · 304/5405
Trust
Alperton Community School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,970 pupils · 1,929 on roll
Free school meals
24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Alperton Community School (URN 101562)
Address
Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JE
Local authority
Brent

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