Ernest Bevin Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Boys
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
Wandsworth
Unique reference
149543
Address
Beechcroft Road, Tooting, SW17 7DF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
643 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
99.2%
Girls
0.8%
First language not English
65.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.2%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 22.4%
African 17.6%
Other Asian 16.3%
Mixed 9.1%
White British 7%
Other White 6.7%
Other 5.6%
Indian 5%
Other Black 3.4%
Bangladeshi 2.8%
Caribbean 2.8%
Unclassified 1.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 62%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 51.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.33
Local authority average 4.85
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award7
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)3
ArabicGCSE1
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
EconomicsGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE98
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ernest Bevin Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
100
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
29
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
29
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
26
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 classes21.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
59
59
0
Year 8
104
104
0
Year 9
93
93
0
Year 10
110
110
0
Year 11
103
103
0
Year 12
87
82
5
Year 13
87
87
0
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
90.6%
85.5%
Further education
16.0%
16.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
75.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.4%
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
70.0%
75.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
21.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022