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Alperton Community School

URN
138610
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Alperton Community School
URN
138610
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

73 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

68

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

67

Destinations

63

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#8 of 14 schools in Brent

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: High competition
  • Admissions risk: 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.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Alperton Community School

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Question 2

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

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  • 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

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
17 May 2026
Inspection date
24 March 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Inclusion

    Strong standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

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)

322

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

708

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

322

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.2×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Brent
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Brent)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.alperton.brent.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Brent 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

49.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

50.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

67.3%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

43.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

HA0 4JE - Stanley Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex

Contact details

Address
Stanley Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex
Postcode
HA0 4JE
Phone
2089022038
Website
www.alperton.brent.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Brent
Local authority code
304

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 195 schools in Brent.

Authority statistics

Total schools

195

Open schools

103

Closed schools

92

Primary schools

102

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.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Achievement

    Strong standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Strong standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Strong standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Strong standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Post-16

    Strong standard
  • View official Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)

    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 May 202624 March 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 17 May 2026
    20 September 202114 July 2021S5 InspectionSchool remains GoodView report for inspection published 20 September 2021
    • Report card

      Published
      17 May 2026
      Inspected
      24 March 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      20 September 2021
      Inspected
      14 July 2021
      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

    45.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 276

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

    EBacc achievement

    18.2%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Above 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

    39.2

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.29

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    18.3%

    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 %

    94.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

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

    Secondary schools

    32

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary102 (53.4%)
    • Secondary32 (16.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other57 (29.8%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Alperton Community School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Lyon Park Junior School329 mPrimaryClosed
    Lyon Park Primary School329 mPrimaryOpen
    The Corner School452 mNot applicableOpen
    Wembley Manor662 mNot applicableOpen
    Elsley Primary School725 mPrimaryOpen
    St Joseph's Catholic Infant School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Ark Elvin Academy1.0 kmSecondaryOpen
    Copland Community School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Junior School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Alperton Community School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Lyon Park Junior School
      Distance
      329 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Lyon Park Primary School
      Distance
      329 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Corner School
      Distance
      452 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Brent)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alperton Community SchoolSecondaryHA0 4JEClosed
    Ark Elvin AcademySecondaryHA9 7DUOpen
    Aylestone Community SchoolSecondaryNW6 7BQClosed
    Brondesbury and Kilburn SchoolSecondaryNW6 6PEClosed
    Claremont High SchoolSecondaryHA3 0UHOpen
    • Alperton Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA0 4JE
      Status
      Closed
    • Ark Elvin Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA9 7DU
      Status
      Open
    • Aylestone Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW6 7BQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Brondesbury and Kilburn School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NW6 6PE
      Status
      Closed
    • Claremont High School
    Wembley Manor
    Distance
    662 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Elsley Primary School
    Distance
    725 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ark Elvin Academy
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Copland Community School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    HA3 0UH
    Status
    Open