Acland Burghley School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Burghley Road
London
NW5 1UJ
Phone 02074858515
Reference Number 100053

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1166
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 64.75%
Girls: 35.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 33%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 129 53 182
8 132 50 182
9 131 47 178
10 119 63 182
11 125 58 183
12 69 75 144
13 50 65 115

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 44.2%
White, Other 11.5%
Unclassified 8.8%
African 8.5%
Mixed, Other 5.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.1%
White & Asian 3.2%
Caribbean 2.4%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
Irish 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-11-29
Date Description Report
2023-10-18 School inspection School inspection
2018-03-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-09-16 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-02-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-11-04 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-02-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-09-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-06-20 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-11-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-01-28 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-03-15 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
50.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 59.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 65.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 30.8 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30.92 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C C+
Average Grade (best 3) C C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 5.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 134 19
Third Preference 135 6
From another Local Authority 261 90

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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