William Perkin Church of England High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 61 60.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 60.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 74.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 32.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.87 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	Progress 8
2024/25	62.5[6]	69%[6]
2023/24	59[4]	64.8%[4]	+0.87[4]
2022/23	56.9[7]	59%[7]	+0.83[7]
2021/22	63[8]	74%[8]	+1.00[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 21.1% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B-[9]	20.5%[9]
2022/23	C+[10]	13.4%[10]
2021/22	B-[11]	19.1%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 64% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 2% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 27% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[13]	74%[13]	5%[13]	18%[13]	1%[13]	0%[13]
2020/21	97%[14]	74%[14]	4%[14]	14%[14]	0%[14]	2%[14]
2019/20	95%[15]	72%[15]	1%[15]	20%[15]	1%[15]	0%[15]
2018/19	98%[16]	72%[16]	4%[16]	20%[16]	2%[16]	1%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education: 73% 2022/23[17]
Education: 75% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[17]
Employment: 12% 2022/23[17]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	87%[18]	72%[18]	73%[18]	1%[18]	14%[18]
2020/21	93%[19]	80%[19]	81%[19]	1%[19]	12%[19]
2019/20	91%[20]	79%[20]	84%[20]	1%[20]	6%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 87% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities: 34% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities: 43% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge: 2% 2019/20[22]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	91%[23]	42%[23]
2019/20	90%[22]	44%[22]	43%[22]	2%[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: 7 May 2025[24]
Type: S5 Inspection[24]
Report published: 16 Jun 2025[24]
Personal development: Outstanding[24]
Quality of education: Outstanding[24]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[24]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[24]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[24]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[24]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
5 Feb 2019[25]	Exempt School Inspection[25]	No overall grade[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.4 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference): 1074 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences: 375 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered: 199 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place: 1.9 Entry Sept 2026[26]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	1035[26]	350[26]	200[26]	5.2[26]	1.8[26]
Entry Sept 2024	1035[26]	349[26]	200[26]	5.2[26]	1.7[26]
Entry Sept 2023	1135[26]	308[26]	200[26]	5.7[26]	1.5[26]
Entry Sept 2022	1186[26]	302[26]	200[26]	5.9[26]	1.5[26]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 1401[1]
Trust: TWYFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Ealing[1]
Website: http://www.williamperkin.org.uk/[1]
District: Ealing [27]
Postcode: UB6 8PR[1]
URN: 139725[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1396 2024/25[28]
English as an additional language: 36% 2024/25[28]
SEN support: 3.3% 2024/25[28]
EHC plan: 4.9% 2024/25[28]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.2% 2024/25[28]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 25.7%[29]
Mixed: 9.3%[29]
Asian: 29.8%[29]
Black: 9.2%[29]
Any other ethnic group: 24.2%[29]
Unclassified: 1.8%[29]

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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