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Ada Lovelace Church of England High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 62 62.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
75.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
35.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.40 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 64.4[5] 77.7%[5]
2023/24 67[3] 84.7%[3] +1.40[3]
2022/23 66.9[6] 86%[6] +1.33[6]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[7]
School sixth form
81% 2022/23[7]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[7]
Further education college
8% 2022/23[7]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[7]
Employment
3% 2022/23[7]

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
11 Jan 2023[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
7 Mar 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
1189 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
305 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
199 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1150[9] 301[9] 204[9] 5.6[9] 1.5[9]
Entry Sept 2024 1181[9] 283[9] 199[9] 5.9[9] 1.4[9]
Entry Sept 2023 1114[9] 334[9] 198[9] 5.6[9] 1.7[9]
Entry Sept 2022 1164[9] 348[9] 199[9] 5.8[9] 1.7[9]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[10]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
200 Entry Sept 2027[10]

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
1210[1]
Trust
TWYFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
www.adalovelace.org.uk[1]
District
Ealing[11]
Postcode
W5 2JX[1]
URN
145724[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1051 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
38.2% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
3% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.6% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.5%[13]
Mixed
15.2%[13]
Asian
12.9%[13]
Black
7.3%[13]
Any other ethnic group
29.4%[13]
Unclassified
1.7%[13]

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 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. files.schudio.com: files.schudio.com — 2027 Year 7 Admissions Policy (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Parents should apply using their local authority's common application form for high school entry by deadline of 31st October 2026. (p. 1)
    Admission Number Ada Lovelace Church of England High School has an agreed admission number of 200 students for entry into Year 7. (p. 1)
  11. 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.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.