William Perkin Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 10 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Ealing
Unique reference
139725
Address
Oldfield Lane North, UB6 8PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1386 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
35.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.4%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 19.6%
Other White 17.4%
Mixed 11.2%
Other Asian 10.8%
Indian 9.8%
White British 9.2%
Pakistani 7.4%
African 5.3%
Caribbean 4%
Unclassified 2.3%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Chinese 0.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.62
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 58%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 57%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.9
Local authority average 52
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.44
Local authority average 4.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE7
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE193
English LiteratureGCSE193
FrenchGCSE145
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

William Perkin Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
349
2nd preference
208
3rd preference
164
From another Local Authority
111
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
179
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
216
113
103
Year 8
213
109
104
Year 9
203
100
103
Year 10
202
95
107
Year 11
196
94
102
Year 12
180
94
86
Year 13
176
98
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
93.6%
86.5%
Further education
14.0%
23.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
74.0%
66.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
2.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
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
90.0%
85.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
34.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
43.0%
31.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
2.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020