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Acland Burghley School

URN
100053
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Acland Burghley School
URN
100053
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

67 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

77

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

58

Destinations

52

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#5 of 10 schools in Camden

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 6 alternative schools identified

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
28 November 2023
Inspection date
19 October 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 28 November 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

175

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

654

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

175

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.74×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Camden
Admissions portal
Essex admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk/

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

49.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

52.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

68.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

48.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

NW5 1UJ - Burghley Road, London

Contact details

Address
Burghley Road, London
Postcode
NW5 1UJ
Phone
2074858515
Website
http://www.aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Camden
Local authority code
202

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 144 schools in Camden.

Authority statistics

Total schools

144

Open schools

103

Closed schools

41

Primary schools

47

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 November 202319 October 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 28 November 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      28 November 2023
      Inspected
      19 October 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    26.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 156

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    36.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    36.5

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.05

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    8.1%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    91.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    11

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary47 (33.3%)
    • Secondary11 (7.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other83 (58.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Bridge School338 mNot applicableClosed
    Wildwood Nature School347 mNot applicableOpen
    Eleanor Palmer Primary School353 mPrimaryOpen
    Parliament Hill School598 mSecondaryOpen
    La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School637 mSecondaryOpen
    William Ellis School703 mSecondaryOpen
    Brookfield Primary School710 mPrimaryOpen
    Hargrave Park Primary School755 mPrimaryOpen
    Gospel Oak Primary School786 mPrimaryOpen
    St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School796 mPrimaryOpen
    • The Bridge School
      Distance
      338 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Wildwood Nature School
      Distance
      347 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Eleanor Palmer Primary School
      Distance
      353 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Parliament Hill School
      Distance
      598 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Camden)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Hampstead SchoolSecondaryNW2 3RTOpen
    Haverstock SchoolSecondaryNW3 2BQOpen
    La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary SchoolSecondaryNW5 1RPOpen
    Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJSecondaryNW1 1LYOpen
    Parliament Hill SchoolSecondaryNW5 1RLOpen
    • Hampstead School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW2 3RT
      Status
      Open
    • Haverstock School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW3 2BQ
      Status
      Open
    • La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW5 1RP
      Status
      Open
    • Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW1 1LY
      Status
      Open
    • Parliament Hill School
    La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School
    Distance
    637 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • William Ellis School
    Distance
    703 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Brookfield Primary School
    Distance
    710 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hargrave Park Primary School
    Distance
    755 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Gospel Oak Primary School
    Distance
    786 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School
    Distance
    796 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    NW5 1RL
    Status
    Open