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Westminster Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.05 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.3[5] 48.4%[5]
2023/24 48[3] 51.5%[3] -0.05[3]
2022/23 51.9[6] 56%[6] +0.35[6]
2021/22 55.4[7] 65%[7] +0.43[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[9] 66%[9] 5%[9] 18%[9] 0%[9] 1%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 57%[10] 5%[10] 28%[10] 0%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 64%[11] 6%[11] 23%[11] 1%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 91%[12] 60%[12] 3%[12] 26%[12] 1%[12] 1%[12]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[13]
UK higher education
63% 2022/23[13]
Education
63% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[13]
Employment
12% 2022/23[13]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 77%[14] 63%[14] 65%[14] 3%[14] 10%[14]
2020/21 91%[15] 75%[15] 76%[15] 2%[15] 13%[15]
2019/20 71%[16] 62%[16] 66%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16]
2018/19 85%[17] 74%[17] 75%[17] 4%[17] 6%[17]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[18]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[18]
Russell Group universities
37% 2019/20[19]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 91%[20] 58%[20]
2019/20 82%[19] 35%[19] 37%[19] 2%[19]
2018/19 87%[21] 36%[21] 36%[21] 1%[21]
2017/18 90%[22] 33%[22] 24%[22] 0%[22]

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
18 Oct 2023[23]
Type
S5 Inspection[23]
Report published
12 Nov 2023[23]
Personal development
Good[23]
Quality of education
Good[23]
Overall effectiveness
Good[23]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[23]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[23]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[23]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference)
389 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences
69 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered
143 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 429[24] 96[24] 171[24] 2.5[24] 0.6[24]
Entry Sept 2024 571[24] 106[24] 185[24] 3.1[24] 0.6[24]
Entry Sept 2023 621[24] 134[24] 200[24] 3.1[24] 0.7[24]
Entry Sept 2022 709[24] 174[24] 215[24] 3.3[24] 0.8[24]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1300[1]
Trust
THE WESTMINSTER ACADEMY (WESTBOURNE GREEN)[1]
Local authority
Westminster[1]
Website
http://www.westminsteracademy.org.uk[1]
District
Westminster[25]
Postcode
W2 5EZ[1]
URN
131262[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1073 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language
55.8% 2024/25[26]
SEN support
14.2% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.3% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19.4%[27]
Mixed
13.5%[27]
Asian
15.3%[27]
Black
15.2%[27]
Any other ethnic group
31.3%[27]
Unclassified
5.4%[27]

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

  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: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. 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 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.
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  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  25. 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.
  26. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  27. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.