Paddington Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Christian
Address 50 Marylands Road
London
W9 2DR
Phone 02074793900
Reference Number 130912

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1259
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.47%
Girls: 48.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 47%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 84.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 90 94 184
8 99 89 188
9 96 87 183
10 97 90 187
11 108 76 184
12 88 83 171
13 70 92 162

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 14.9%
White, Other 10.1%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
Caribbean 2.2%
Pakistani 1.7%
White, British 1.4%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White & Asian 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-09
Date Description Report
2023-03-13 School inspection: School inspection:
2011-10-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-01-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-11-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 73.2% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 85.2% 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 41.64 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 42.18 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B B C+
Average Grade (best 3) B+ B C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 32.1% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 150 9
Third Preference 137 7
From another Local Authority 283 28

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Ark Atwood Primary Academy
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0.16 miles
St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Rowington Close, Warwick Estate, Paddington, London, W2 5TF
0.22 miles
Essendine Primary School
Essendine Road, London, W9 2LR
0.22 miles
St Peter's CofE School
Chippenham Mews, Paddington, London, W9 2AN
0.23 miles
St Saviour's CofE Primary School
Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 2JD
0.26 miles
Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary
19 Cirencester Street, Paddington, London, W2 5SR
0.28 miles
Edward Wilson Primary School
Senior Street, London, W2 5TL
0.3 miles
St Joseph's RC Primary School
Lanark Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 1DF
0.45 miles
Mary Paterson Nursery School
13 Riverton Close, London, W9 3DS
0.46 miles
Dorothy Gardner Nursery School
293 Shirland Road, London, W9 3JY
0.48 miles
Carlton Vale Infant School
Malvern Place, Kilburn, London, NW6 5PX
0.56 miles
The Kilburn Park School Foundation
Malvern Road, London, Middlesex, NW6 5RG
0.57 miles
Granville Plus Nursery School
Granville Road, London, NW6 5RA
0.57 miles
St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School
Shrewsbury Road, Bayswater, London, W2 5PR
0.57 miles
Naima Jewish Preparatory School
21 Andover Place, London, NW6 5ED
0.62 miles
St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary School
Kilburn Park Road, Kilburn, London, NW6 5XA
0.63 miles
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Fernhead Road, London, W9 3EJ
0.67 miles
Queen's Park Primary School
Droop Street, London, W10 4DQ
0.71 miles
St Mary's RC Primary School
Canterbury Road, London, NW6 5ST
0.71 miles
L'Ecole Bilingue Elementaire
St David's Welsh Church, St Mary's Terrace, London, W2 1SJ
0.71 miles
Name Distance
Westminster Academy
The Naim Dangoor Centre, 255 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EZ
0.31 miles
Maida Vale School
18 Saltram Crescent, London, W9 3HR
0.41 miles
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School
Kennet Road, London, W9 3LG
0.44 miles
The School of the Islamic Republic of Iran
100 Carlton Vale, London, NW6 5HE
0.53 miles
St George's Catholic School
Lanark Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 1RB
0.56 miles
St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High School
Oxford Road, London, NW6 5SN
0.61 miles
The St Marylebone Church of England Bridge School
Herries Street, London, W10 4LE
0.7 miles
College Park School
Garway Road, London, W2 4PH
0.73 miles
United Colleges Group
25 Paddington Green, London, W2 1NB
0.78 miles
Marylebone Boys' School
North Wharf Road, London, W2 1QZ
0.79 miles
Instituto Espanol Canada Blanch
317 Portobello Road, London, W10 5SZ
0.8 miles
The American School in London
1 Waverley Place, London, NW8 0NP
0.92 miles
The Lloyd Williamson School Foundation
77 St. Charles Square, Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 6EB
0.98 miles
Kensington Park School
40-44 Bark Place, Bayswater, London, W2 4AT
0.98 miles
Kensington Queensmill School
Barlby Road, London, W10 6BH
1.01 miles
Ark King Solomon Academy
Penfold Street, London, NW1 6RX
1.02 miles
Bales College
2J Kilburn Lane, London, W10 4AA
1.02 miles
St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College
74 St Charles Square, North Kensington, London, W10 6EY
1.03 miles
All Saints Catholic College
75 St Charles Square, London, W10 6EL
1.04 miles
Harris Academy St John's Wood
Marlborough Hill, London, NW8 0NL
1.09 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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