Westminster Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westminster
Unique reference
131262
Address
The Naim Dangoor Centre, 255 Harrow Road, W2 5EZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1116 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
56.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
47%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 32.4%
Other White 15%
Mixed 14.2%
Bangladeshi 9.1%
African 9.1%
Unclassified 6.9%
White British 4.1%
Caribbean 2.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 1.4%
Indian 1.3%
Pakistani 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 54.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.96
Local authority average 5
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award9
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award22
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
MultimediaTechnical Award48
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award98
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award17
TourismTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Westminster Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
106
2nd preference
154
3rd preference
140
From another Local Authority
268
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
20
To another Local Authority
74
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
104
79
Year 8
201
89
112
Year 9
192
91
101
Year 10
193
112
81
Year 11
200
110
90
Year 12
71
39
32
Year 13
76
35
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
94.0%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
17.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
68.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
6.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
77.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
28.3%
19.7%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020