Academy sponsor led · Secondary
London · W2 5EZ · Westminster
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 130912
Paddington Academy
Academy sponsor led · London · W9 2DR
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,256
Local authority
Westminster
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in London, Westminster, 1,256 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 52.5%. Religious character: Christian.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 130912
Location
- Address
- 50 Marylands Road
- Postcode
- W9 2DR
- Town
- London
- Local authority
- Westminster
- District
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,256
- Boys / girls
- 649 / 607
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,256 / 1,200 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 52.5%
- FSM pupils
- 491
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Christian
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Gillam
- Telephone
- 02074793900
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-03-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 58.0
- Progress 8
- 0.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 73%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 89%
- EBacc entry
- 78%
- EBacc APS
- 5.5