The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 5 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Ealing
Unique reference
101941
Address
Queen's Drive, Acton, W3 0HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1306 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
62.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.8%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 33.3%
African 13.2%
Mixed 9.2%
Other White 8.8%
White British 7.5%
Pakistani 7.4%
Other Asian 6%
Indian 5.3%
Unclassified 2.8%
Caribbean 2.5%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Black 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.62
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 58%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 57%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.5
Local authority average 52
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE34
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
DanceGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
95
From another Local Authority
126
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
119
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
0
205
Year 8
208
0
208
Year 9
218
0
218
Year 10
212
0
212
Year 11
206
0
206
Year 12
156
0
156
Year 13
101
0
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
93.1%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
21.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
74.0%
69.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
2.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
85.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
35.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021