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Southfields Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

333 Merton Road, Wandsworth, London SW18 5JU · southfieldsacademy.com · 020 8875 2600

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.4
average Attainment 8 score. Wandsworth 51.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
Demand for places
0.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,148
70% of 1,645 places
Local authority
Wandsworth
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.3%
First language not English
46.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Southfields Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

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

For Year 7 in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 149 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 67 (Places 174)67September 2023: 66 (Places 172)66September 2024: 69 (Places 157)69September 2025: 51 (Places 140)51September 2026: 52 (Places 149)52Places 149
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026149520.3100%
September 2025Sept 2025140510.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024157690.499%
September 2023Sept 2023172660.4100%
September 2022Sept 2022174670.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.4, and 47.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wandsworth it was 51.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.9 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: 44.6 (England 46.3)44.62017/18: 45.4 (England 46.5)45.42018/19: 44.2 (England 46.7)44.22021/22: 48.3 (England 48.8)48.32022/23: 45.1 (England 46.3)45.12023/24: 47.0 (England 45.9)47.02024/25: 49.4 (England 46.0)49.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.446.0
▲47.9%45.4%
●63.2%64.8%
▼14.7%40.5%
▲4.374.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form69.9−6
Sixth form college1.2−1.6
Further education16+2.9
Apprenticeship4.3+2.9
Employment1.8—
Not in a lasting destination3.7+0.3
Activity not captured3.1−0.3

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: 30.3 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 31.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 28.0 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 32.9 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 29.4 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 32.3 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 30.9 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
110 studentsC (30.9)Below average -0.16
115 studentsC (30.8)Below average -0.15
58 studentsMerit (25.5)Below average -0.32
13.6%AAB or better
86.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24104C+ (32.3)+0.01
2022/2377C (29.4)—
2021/2280C+ (32.9)—
2018/19106C- (28)-0.02
2017/18119C+ (31.9)+0.39
2016/17116C (31.5)+0.23
2015/16117C (30.3)+0.20

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.6+6.8
Further education5.2−3.9
Apprenticeship2−0.2
Employment9.8−3.1
Not in a lasting destination13.7−0.3
Activity not captured15.7+0.6

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 24 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Southfields Academy was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
23 Feb 2023
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2017Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Jan 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
94%
Replies
85
7% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▲96% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▲96% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲86% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲95% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 71% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●47% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲96% agreeEngland 67%

based on 24 parents (28%) with SEND

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