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Wetherby Senior School[1]

Independent · ages 11–18

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
17.3 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 18.9[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 17.6[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 17.8[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 18.8[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
32.8% 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[9] 29.5%[9]
2022/23 B[10] 19.5%[10]
2021/22 B+[11] 38.9%[11]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
72.7% 2023/24[12]
UK higher education
61.4% 2023/24[12]
Education
65.9% 2023/24[12]
Apprenticeship
0% 2023/24[12]
Employment
6.8% 2023/24[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 64.3%[12] 57.1%[12] 61.9%[12] 0%[12] 2.4%[12]
2021/22 61.8%[12] 38.2%[12] 50.9%[12] 0%[12] 10.9%[12]

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.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[13]

ISI inspection

Inspection
September 2023[14]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[14]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[14]
Quality of education
Standards met[14]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[14]
Social and economic education
Standards met[14]
Safeguarding
Standards met[14]

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should create a system to report incidents between school sites to reduce risks.

Previous ISI inspections: 2022, 2019 (2022 report, 2019 report).

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

Fees

Senior, day
£11,720 a term 2026/27 · Wetherby Senior's fees for 2026/27 will be · incl. VAT[15]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
700[1]
Local authority
Westminster[1]
Website
https://www.wetherbysenior.co.uk/[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[13]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[13]
District
Westminster[16]
Postcode
W1U 2QU[1]
URN
142336[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
457 2024/25[17]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[17]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  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 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Wetherby Senior School, September 2023. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  15. wetherbysenior.co.uk: wetherbysenior.co.uk — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Wetherby Senior's fees for 2026/27 will be £11,720 per term inclusive of VAT. (p. 1)
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.