Michaela Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brent
Unique reference
140862
Address
North End Road, Wembley, HA9 0UU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
723 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
70.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
10.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 24.3%
Other 14.9%
Pakistani 14.1%
Indian 11.3%
Other White 9.1%
Other Asian 8.6%
Mixed 5%
Unclassified 4.4%
Caribbean 4%
Other Black 1.4%
White British 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Chinese 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
2.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.61
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 66%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 93%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 72.6
Local authority average 50.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.05
Local authority average 4.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
ChineseGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE121
English LiteratureGCSE121
FrenchGCSE93
GeographyGCSE54
Modern GreekGCSE1
HistoryGCSE40
MathematicsGCSE121
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Michaela Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
245
2nd preference
185
3rd preference
169
From another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
59
61
Year 8
124
59
65
Year 9
122
71
51
Year 10
124
63
61
Year 11
115
60
55
Year 12
66
29
37
Year 13
52
24
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
94.4%
86.5%
Further education
15.0%
22.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
63.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
7.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022