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The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 58.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
64.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
30% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.97 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 56.5[6] 65.3%[6]
2023/24 58.1[4] 61.9%[4] +0.97[4]
2022/23 51.5[7] 51%[7] +0.57[7]
2021/22 54.5[8] 57%[8] +0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 2024/25[3]
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 B-[10] 17.1%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 6%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 13.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
77% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 74%[15] 4%[15] 13%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 71%[16] 8%[16] 14%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 75%[17] 8%[17] 14%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 78%[18] 7%[18] 12%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
70% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
7% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 67%[20] 69%[20] 1%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 80%[21] 70%[21] 72%[21] 2%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 74%[22] 91%[22] 1%[22] 3%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 64%[23] 78%[23] 3%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
32% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 82%[26] 23%[26]
2019/20 94%[25] 36%[25] 32%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 19%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 19%[28] 19%[28] 1%[28]

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.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Jan 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
2 Feb 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Jun 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]
28 Feb 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
492 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
117 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
207 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 533[32] 119[32] 213[32] 2.5[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 558[32] 125[32] 216[32] 2.6[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 539[32] 134[32] 216[32] 2.5[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 472[32] 116[32] 205[32] 2.3[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1480[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
http://www.ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk[1]
District
Ealing[33]
Postcode
W3 0HW[1]
URN
101941[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1290 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
59.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.1% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
16.7%[35]
Mixed
10.8%[35]
Asian
19.4%[35]
Black
15.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
35.1%[35]
Unclassified
2.7%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    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.
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    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.
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