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Emanuel School[1]

Independent · ages 10–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL A A 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
23.1 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 32.6[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 41.4[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 40[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 38.5[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
49.6% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 A-[10] 44.7%[10]
2022/23 A-[11] 35.2%[11]
2021/22 A[12] 38.6%[12]
2018/19 B+[13] 28.4%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82.9% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
57.5% 2023/24[14]
Education
65.1% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2023/24[14]
Employment
17.8% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 87%[14] 63.7%[14] 69.2%[14] 0%[14] 17.8%[14]
2021/22 83.1%[14] 64.4%[14] 68.6%[14] 0%[14] 14.4%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI publishes its reports on its own website (isi.net), not as open data, so they aren't shown here.

Competition to get in

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
48 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
144 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Test registration closes, 11+ entry
16 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Test results sent
11 Feb 2027 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Entrance test, 16+ entry
Maths, English, and an online reasoning assessment Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Fees

Day
£8,717 a term 2026/27 · excl. VAT[19]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
10–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
www.emanuel.org.uk[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Wandsworth[20]
Postcode
SW11 1HS[1]
URN
101071[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1108 2024/25[21]
SEN support
18.1% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan
0.1% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[21]

Practicalities

Admissions contact
The admissions contact email is admissions@emanuel.org.uk and the phone number is 020 8870 4171. 2026-10-14[22]
Occasional places
Emanuel School sometimes offers occasional places in years 8, 9, and 10 if available, but not in years 11 or 13. 2026-10-14[22]

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Warmth
We are a warm, ambitious and forward-looking school where pupils are encouraged to aim high, support one another[23]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk — Plus entry. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    We take 48 pupils into two forms of 24. (p. 1)
  17. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk — Plus entry. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    There are 144 pupils in year 7 (11+), divided into six forms of 24. (p. 1)
    Friday 16th October 2026, midday: Deadline for acceptance of registrations. (p. 1)
    Thursday 11th February 2027: Result letters sent by first class post. (p. 1)
  18. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk — Plus entry. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    o Emanuel sixth form is on the basis of entrance exams in Maths, English, and an online reasoning assessment. (p. 1)
  19. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    For the academic year beginning in September 2026 fees are £8,717 per term excluding VAT. (p. 1)
  20. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk — Occasional places. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (4)
    If you would like to register interest for an occasional place, please contact the admissions team: admissions@emanuel.org.uk (p. 1)
    Tel: 020 8870 4171 (p. 1)
    We are sometimes able to offer occasional places in years 8, 9 or 10 if any become available. (p. 1)
    Please note that we do not offer occasional places in years 11 or 13. (p. 1)
  23. emanuel.org.uk: emanuel.org.uk. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    We are a warm, ambitious and forward-looking school where pupils are encouraged to aim high, support one another (p. 1)