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Southfields Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.48 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 49.4[6] 47.9%[6]
2023/24 47[4] 41.7%[4] +0.48[4]
2022/23 45.1[7] 43%[7] +0.26[7]
2021/22 48.3[8] 50%[8] +0.41[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.6% 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 C+[10] 10.6%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 2.6%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 13%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 3.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
72% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
15% 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] 76%[15] 2%[15] 14%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 76%[16] 1%[16] 15%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 74%[17] 3%[17] 14%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 68%[18] 1%[18] 21%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 70%[20] 56%[20] 2%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 78%[21] 64%[21] 2%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 79%[22] 60%[22] 1%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 63%[23] 1%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 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 80%[26] 12%[26]
2019/20 71%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 66%[27] 6%[27] 6%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 64%[28] 7%[28] 3%[28] 0%[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
23 Feb 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
26 Apr 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Oct 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
351 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
52 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
149 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 380[31] 51[31] 140[31] 2.7[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 470[31] 69[31] 157[31] 3.0[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 437[31] 66[31] 172[31] 2.5[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 497[31] 67[31] 174[31] 2.9[31] 0.4[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 2026-10-14[32]
Sibling priority
Children who have a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of admission. 2026-10-14[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1645[1]
Trust
SOUTHFIELDS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
http://www.southfieldsacademy.com/[1]
District
Wandsworth[33]
Postcode
SW18 5JU[1]
URN
138682[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1179 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
46.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
17.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
26.2%[35]
Mixed
13.5%[35]
Asian
15.3%[35]
Black
28.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
11.5%[35]
Unclassified
5.3%[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

  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.
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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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  32. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — Southfields academy admissions policy 2027 2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    The school will admit 180 pupils to Year 7 in September 202 7. (p. 1)
    Children who have a sibling on the roll of the school at the time of admission. (See Note 3) (p. 1)
  33. 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.
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