The UCL Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2024 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
Camden
Unique reference
137181
Address
Adelaide Road, Swiss Cottage, NW3 3AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1095 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
55.6%
Girls
44.4%
First language not English
49.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.7%
Persistent absence
30.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 19.5%
Other 19.4%
Mixed 18.5%
White British 11.1%
African 9.9%
Bangladeshi 8.9%
Unclassified 5.8%
Other Asian 1.8%
Indian 1.6%
Chinese 1.3%
Pakistani 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.4
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.38
Local authority average 4.36
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE41
ChineseGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
EconomicsGCSE21
Applied EngineeringGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE168
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The UCL Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
97
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
172
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
97
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
48
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 classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
77
74
Year 8
172
105
67
Year 9
170
103
67
Year 10
184
105
79
Year 11
178
98
80
Year 12
108
56
52
Year 13
132
65
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
19.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
69.0%
68.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
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
95.0%
71.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
14.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
38.0%
13.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020