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Alec Reed Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–19 · Sponsored academy
Bengarth Road, Northolt UB5 5LQ · alecreedacademy.co.uk · 020 8841 4511
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Ealing 52, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Ealing Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,639
- 86% of 1,895 places
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 45.3%
- First language not English
- 58.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Ealing Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 80 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 80 | 43 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 101 | 48 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 100 | 55 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 170 | 54 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 141 | 42 | 0.3 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.1, and 39.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Ealing it was 52, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Ealing it was 69%, and across England 62%.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (25.4 points per entry).
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼38.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.99 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 42.5 | −4.8 |
| Sixth form college | 5.4 | +1.3 |
| Further education | 40.7 | +4 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | 0 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.8 | −0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | +0.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 students | C- (25.4) | Well below average -0.62 | |
| 76 students | C- (25.5) | Below average -0.61 | |
| 41 students | Merit (25.9) | Average -0.03 | |
| 6 students | Merit+ (28.9) | Average +0.15 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 67 | C (30.4) | -0.44 |
| 2022/23 | 56 | C (29.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 45 | C (30.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 58 | C- (25.3) | +0.04 |
| 2017/18 | 43 | D+ (23.2) | -0.04 |
| 2016/17 | 51 | D+ (24.4) | -0.32 |
| 2015/16 | 26 | D- (17) | -0.75 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 54.4 | −8.4 |
| Other education | 5.6 | +3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | +2 |
| Employment | 15.6 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 11.1 | +3.4 |
Ofsted
Alec Reed Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Apr 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 34
- 2% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied