Wembley High Technology College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brent
Unique reference
138457
Address
East Lane, HA0 3NT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1553 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
70.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 35.2%
Other Asian 16.9%
Pakistani 10.2%
Other 8.3%
African 8.2%
Other White 7.2%
Mixed 6.9%
Caribbean 2.4%
Unclassified 2.4%
White British 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 61%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 63%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.3
Local authority average 51.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.95
Local authority average 4.78
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award308
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)47
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
AstronomyGCSE73
BiologyGCSE94
Business Studies:SingleGCSE116
ChemistryGCSE91
Classical CivilisationGCSE32
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Wembley High Technology College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
418
2nd preference
307
3rd preference
167
From another Local Authority
131
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes21.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
122
104
Year 8
220
123
97
Year 9
274
144
130
Year 10
256
143
113
Year 11
305
145
160
Year 12
159
86
73
Year 13
113
60
53
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
19.0%
24.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
59.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
6.0%
8.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.3%
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
82.0%
82.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
32.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
2.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022