Pimlico Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 5 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
Westminster
Unique reference
135676
Address
Lupus Street, Pimlico, SW1V 3AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1095 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
53.9%
Girls
46.1%
First language not English
37.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.8%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 21.1%
African 19.4%
Other White 12.2%
Mixed 11.7%
Bangladeshi 10.2%
White British 9.9%
Caribbean 4.7%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other Black 3.3%
Chinese 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 68%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 53
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.18
Local authority average 4.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
Classical CivilisationGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE187
English LiteratureGCSE185
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Pimlico Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
81
From another Local Authority
269
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
98
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
198
111
87
Year 8
198
112
86
Year 9
191
99
92
Year 10
185
96
89
Year 11
189
105
84
Year 12
72
34
38
Year 13
62
33
29
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.2%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
18.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
52.0%
65.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
7.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
30.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022