Kensington Aldridge Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Unique reference
140212
Address
1 Silchester Road, W10 6EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1235 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
44.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.9%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 20.3%
Mixed 19.9%
Other 16.4%
White British 13%
Other White 9.1%
Caribbean 4.9%
Other Asian 4%
Unclassified 3.6%
Other Black 3%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Pakistani 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 59%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 53.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.52
Local authority average 4.64
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award9
ArabicGCSE8
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Kensington Aldridge Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
191
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
374
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
62
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
195
114
81
Year 8
207
98
109
Year 9
205
94
111
Year 10
200
95
105
Year 11
194
101
93
Year 12
107
48
59
Year 13
127
56
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
90.5%
85.6%
Further education
30.0%
18.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
53.0%
62.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
91.0%
85.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
60.0%
40.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021