Harris Lowe Academy Willesden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 30 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brent
Unique reference
134226
Address
Doyle Gardens, Willesden, NW10 3ST

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1156 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
54.0%
Girls
46.0%
First language not English
58.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.8%
Persistent absence
27.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
African 22.4%
Other 17%
Unclassified 15.8%
Other White 13.7%
Mixed 9.7%
Caribbean 7.4%
Other Asian 4.8%
White British 2.6%
Pakistani 2.6%
Indian 2.5%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.61
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 66%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.1
Local authority average 50.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 4.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
ArabicGCSE21
Art & DesignGCSE20
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE86
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE86
English LanguageGCSE167
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Capital City Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
56
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
103
89
Year 8
178
98
80
Year 9
181
90
91
Year 10
179
95
84
Year 11
171
92
79
Year 12
134
76
58
Year 13
121
70
51
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
94.4%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
22.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
67.0%
63.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
7.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
92.0%
85.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
36.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
33.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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