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Queens Park Community School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Aylestone Avenue, London NW6 7BQ · qpcs.brent.sch.uk · 020 8438 1700

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
51.1
average Attainment 8 score. Brent 51.5, England 46
Last distance offered
0.51 mi
0.81 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Brent Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,328
78 over 1,250 places · 106%
Local authority
Brent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.2%
First language not English
48.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Queens Park Community School Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.51 mi (814 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.56 mi (909 m). Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Brent Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 212 places were offered; 78% 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: 272 (Places 209)272September 2023: 221 (Places 213)221September 2024: 242 (Places 216)242September 2025: 247 (Places 212)247September 2026: 209 (Places 212)209Places 212
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026212209178%
September 2025Sept 20252122471.2▲74%
September 2024Sept 20242162421.1▲80%
September 2023Sept 20232132211▲85%
September 2022Sept 20222092721.3▲68%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – SiblingDistance
September 20262.49 mi4.01 km
September 20252.06 mi3.31 km
September 20241.77 mi2.85 km
Year 7 – DistanceDistance
September 20260.51 mi0.81 km
September 20250.56 mi0.91 km
September 20240.45 mi0.72 km
Year 7 – Feeder SchoolDistance
September 20261.05 mi1.69 km
September 20250.90 mi1.45 km
September 20241.59 mi2.56 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.1, and 57.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Brent it was 51.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.3 (England 46.3)49.32017/18: 49.2 (England 46.5)49.22018/19: 49.8 (England 46.7)49.82021/22: 50.8 (England 48.8)50.82022/23: 49.9 (England 46.3)49.92023/24: 49.8 (England 45.9)49.82024/25: 51.1 (England 46.0)51.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲51.146.0
▲57.3%45.4%
▲72.5%64.8%
▼34.6%40.5%
▲4.504.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form60.6+1.7
Sixth form college9.9+3.2
Further education17.8−9.5
Other education0.5−0.9
Apprenticeship1.4+0.4
Employment1.4+0.4
Not in a lasting destination3.8+2.4
Activity not captured4.7+2.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.4 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 31.4 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 32.2 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.1 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.7 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 32.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 34.4 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
99 studentsB- (35.7)Above average +0.27
99 studentsB- (35.9)Above average +0.27
23 studentsDist+ (38.7)Well above average +0.95
14.9%AAB or better
98%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2492C+ (34.4)+0.21
2022/2388C+ (32.7)—
2021/2292B (39.7)—
2018/19114C+ (32.1)-0.06
2017/18114C+ (32.2)-0.03
2016/1793C (31.4)-0.10
2015/16114C- (27.4)-0.27

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University45.8−0.5
Further education1.9−4.6
Apprenticeship0.90
Employment18.7−3.5
Not in a lasting destination14+0.1
Activity not captured18.7+8.5

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Queens Park Community School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
28 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (221 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
72%
Replies
221
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼61% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼71% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼47% agreeEngland 67%

based on 53 parents (24%) with SEND

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