Pimlico Academy

Pimlico Academy is an outstanding school where inclusion is exceptional and personal development is extraordinary. Leaders have created a highly inclusive culture in which disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND, and pupils known to children's social care experience the same high expectations and ambitious opportunities as their peers. Disadvantaged pupils achieve significantly above national averages, and pupils with SEND are fully integrated into school life. Pupils' behaviour is excellent, attendance is above national averages and rising, and safeguarding standards are met. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and well taught, and pupils make strong progress from their starting points.

Strengths

• Exceptional provision for inclusion, with disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND achieving highly
• Outstanding personal development and wellbeing offer, including the Pimlico Promise enrichment entitlement
• Excellent behaviour and calm, orderly learning environment
• High-quality careers education and guidance that raises pupils' aspirations
• Strong progress and achievement across all key stages, including post-16
• Effective strategies have improved attendance to above national averages
• Broad, ambitious and well-resourced curriculum with a focus on reading and vocabulary
• Highly motivated and committed leadership at all levels, with strong governance
• Positive culture where pupils feel safe and bullying is not tolerated
• Strong post-16 provision that prepares students well for their next steps

Areas for Improvement

• Continue to raise the achievement of higher attaining pupils, including in the sixth form

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Pimlico Academy attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.3% of pupils at Pimlico Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Pimlico Academy had 13.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.5% of pupils at Pimlico Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Pimlico Academy received £11,433 and spent £10,842 for each of its 1,101 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,175,000 (£1,067 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Future Academies, income was £9,844 and spending £9,305 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Pimlico Academy is part of Future Academies, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Pimlico Primary London
• Millbank Gardens Primary Academy London
• Trinity Academy London
• Phoenix Academy London
• The Grange Academy Bushey
• Gracewood Academy Potters Bar
• Future Academies Watford Watford
• Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead
• Ashtree Primary Academy Stevenage
• Barclay Academy Stevenage

What is Pimlico Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pimlico Academy is Strong standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Pimlico Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Pimlico Academy was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Pimlico Academy have?

Pimlico Academy has 1,079 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pimlico Academy cover?

Pimlico Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Pimlico Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 55.9, and 59% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Pimlico Academy?

Pimlico Academy is at Lupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT.