Holland Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Unique reference
149632
Address
Airlie Gardens, W8 7AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1336 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
35.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.6%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 22.8%
Mixed 20.5%
White British 16%
Other 15%
African 9.7%
Unclassified 6.7%
Other Asian 2.4%
Indian 1.5%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other Black 1.2%
Chinese 1.2%
Caribbean 1.1%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 92%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 61%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.2
Local authority average 54.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.73
Local authority average 4.88
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE85
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE208
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Holland Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
253
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
362
2nd preference
267
3rd preference
206
From another Local Authority
779
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
200
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
95
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 classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
114
125
Year 8
233
127
106
Year 9
221
111
110
Year 10
220
108
112
Year 11
212
104
108
Year 12
123
67
56
Year 13
88
41
47
Year 2024-2025