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Westminster Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

The Naim Dangoor Centre, 255 Harrow Road, London W2 5EZ · westminsteracademy.org.uk · 020 7121 0600

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.3
average Attainment 8 score. Westminster 53.2, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Westminster Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,003
77% of 1,300 places
Local authority
Westminster
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
55.2%
First language not English
58.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Westminster Academy (Westbourne Green)

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westminster Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 143 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 174 (Places 215)174September 2023: 134 (Places 200)134September 2024: 106 (Places 185)106September 2025: 96 (Places 171)96September 2026: 69 (Places 143)69Places 143
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026143690.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025171960.6100%
September 2024Sept 20241851060.698%
September 2023Sept 20232001340.799%
September 2022Sept 20222151740.885%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2025All
September 20243.03 mi4.87 km

The council's document says all applicants who applied were offered a place.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.3, and 48.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Westminster it was 53.2, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 53.2 (England 46.3)53.22017/18: 52.9 (England 46.5)52.92018/19: 51.9 (England 46.7)51.92021/22: 55.4 (England 48.8)55.42022/23: 51.9 (England 46.3)51.92023/24: 48.0 (England 45.9)48.02024/25: 48.3 (England 46.0)48.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.346.0
▲48.4%45.4%
▲69.1%64.8%
▲89.4%40.5%
▲4.634.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form61.5−4.8
Sixth form college11+5.7
Further education20.5+3.4
Employment0.5−0.6
Not in a lasting destination4.5−0.8
Activity not captured2−1.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

All academic average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.9 (England 30.6)C+2016/17: 35.9 (England 31.3)B-2017/18: 35.6 (England 32.3)B-2018/19: 32.7 (England 33.0)C+2021/22: 39.7 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 35.6 (England 34.3)B-2023/24: 34.5 (England 34.5)C+2024/25: 34.6 (England 35.1)C+England 35.1
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
72 studentsC+ (34.6)Average -0.16
38 studentsDist+ (37.4)Average +0.23
97%finished their course
Earlier years: All academicStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2475C+ (34.5)-0.27
2022/2366B- (35.6)—
2021/2269B (39.7)—
2018/1978C+ (32.7)-0.42
2017/1867B- (35.6)-0.11
2016/1759B- (35.9)-0.25
2015/1646C+ (34.9)+0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University73.4+10
Further education1.3−0.1
Apprenticeship1.3−1.5
Employment7.6−2.3
Not in a lasting destination7.6−2.3
Activity not captured8.9−3.8

Ofsted

Westminster Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
18 Oct 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Sept 2010Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
84%
Replies
67
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school●86% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●84% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●79% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●75% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼38% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

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