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Centre Academy London[1]

Special · ages 11–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
1.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 7.2[4] 7.1%[4]
2023/24 13.2[5] 21.4%[5]
2022/23 24.5[6] 13%[6]
2021/22 13.1[7] 0%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

ISI inspection

Inspection
November 2025[9]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[9]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[9]
Quality of education
Standards met[9]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[9]
Social and economic education
Standards met[9]
Safeguarding
Standards met[9]

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should help pupils improve their ability to get along with each other and work together more effectively.

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
60[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
www.centreacademy.net[1]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Wandsworth[10]
Postcode
SW11 1SH[1]
URN
101175[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
50 2024/25[11]
SEN support
4% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
96% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[11]

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. 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.
  9. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Centre Academy London, November 2025. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  10. 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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.