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Paddington Academy

URN
130912
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Paddington Academy
URN
130912
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

90 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

76

Destinations

50

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#2 of 10 schools in Westminster

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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Your decision briefing for Paddington Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

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

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
8 May 2023
Inspection date
13 March 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

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)

174

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

717

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

174

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.12×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Westminster
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Westminster)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.paddington-academy.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Westminster to reach your council's application system.

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

61.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

77.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

86.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

83.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

W9 2DR - 50 Marylands Road, London

Contact details

Address
50 Marylands Road, London
Postcode
W9 2DR
Phone
2074793900
Website
www.paddington-academy.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Westminster
Local authority code
213

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 150 schools in Westminster.

Authority statistics

Total schools

150

Open schools

92

Closed schools

58

Primary schools

54

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.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 8 May 2023

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    8 May 202313 March 2023S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 8 May 2023
    • Outstanding

      Published
      8 May 2023
      Inspected
      13 March 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    24.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 161

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

    EBacc achievement

    63.8%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below 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

    37.8

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.18

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    14.3%

    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 %

    90.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    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

    19

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary54 (37.0%)
    • Secondary19 (13.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other73 (50.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ark Atwood Primary Academy264 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School352 mPrimaryOpen
    Essendine Primary School358 mPrimaryOpen
    St Peter's CofE School365 mPrimaryOpen
    St Saviour's CofE Primary School415 mPrimaryOpen
    Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary451 mPrimaryClosed
    Edward Wilson Primary School477 mPrimaryOpen
    Westminster Academy502 mSecondaryOpen
    Eaton and Wallis School640 mNot applicableClosed
    Maida Vale School655 mNot applicableOpen
    • Ark Atwood Primary Academy
      Distance
      264 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School
      Distance
      352 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Essendine Primary School
      Distance
      358 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Peter's CofE School
      Distance
      365 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Westminster)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Harris Academy St John's WoodSecondaryNW8 0NLOpen
    Marylebone Boys' SchoolSecondaryW2 1QZOpen
    North Westminster Community SchoolSecondaryNW1 6RXClosed
    Pimlico AcademySecondarySW1V 3ATOpen
    Pimlico SchoolSecondarySW1V 3ATClosed
    • Harris Academy St John's Wood
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW8 0NL
      Status
      Open
    • Marylebone Boys' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W2 1QZ
      Status
      Open
    • North Westminster Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW1 6RX
      Status
      Closed
    • Pimlico Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SW1V 3AT
      Status
      Open
    • Pimlico School
    St Saviour's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    415 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Primary
    Distance
    451 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Edward Wilson Primary School
    Distance
    477 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Westminster Academy
    Distance
    502 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Eaton and Wallis School
    Distance
    640 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Maida Vale School
    Distance
    655 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SW1V 3AT
    Status
    Closed