Academy sponsor led · Secondary
London · NW8 0NL · Westminster
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137181
The UCL Academy
Academy sponsor led · Camden · NW3 3AQ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
972
Local authority
Camden
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 Camden, Camden, 972 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 50.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137181
Location
- Address
- Adelaide Road, Swiss Cottage
- Postcode
- NW3 3AQ
- Town
- Camden
- Local authority
- Camden
- District
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate
- 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
- 972
- Boys / girls
- 508 / 464
- School capacity
- 1,150
- Capacity fill
- 972 / 1,150 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 50.2%
- FSM pupils
- 346
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE UCL ACADEMY
- Academy trust
- THE UCL ACADEMY
- Sponsor
- University College London (UCL)
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrea Pomphrey
- Telephone
- 02074493080
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
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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
- 46.6
- Progress 8
- -0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 50%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 67%
- EBacc entry
- 57%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3