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Westminster Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 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
37.3%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award104
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award23
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award16
MultimediaTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
TourismTechnical Award20
ArabicGCSE34
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE50
Year 2023-2024

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

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
91.9%
85.6%
Further education
18.0%
17.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
66.0%
67.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
6.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
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
91.0%
78.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
58.0%
34.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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