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The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls

Secondary · London · W3 0HW

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Outstanding (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Improved significantly”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 4 June 2019

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At a glance

1,315 pupils · 89% of 1,480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.ellenwilkinson.ealing.sch.uk
URN
101941

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 117 families named it first for 207 Year 7 places, 0.57 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3.88 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 14 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.57 first-choice applications per place

207 places offered · 117 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.88 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

199 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
56.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
77.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
65.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
36.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school56.5
Median of its 12 closest peers48
Ealing average53.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Bentley Wood High SchoolStanmore · 7 miles awayOutstanding58.5
Canons High SchoolEdgware · 6 miles awayGood39.1
Barnhill Community High SchoolHayes · 5 miles awayOutstanding53.1
E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthOldham · 161 miles awayGood (2016)48.2
Swakeleys School for GirlsUxbridge · 7 miles awayGood55.9
The City of Leicester CollegeLeicester · 83 miles awayStrong standard49.1
Isleworth and Syon School for BoysIsleworth · 3 miles awayGood43.1
The WREN SchoolReading · 31 miles awayExpected standard44.8
Queen Elizabeth SchoolLuton · 26 miles awayNeeds attention39.9
Nottingham Girls' AcademyNottingham · 107 miles awayOutstanding47.7
Lancaster AcademyLeicester · 83 miles awayGood37.5
Ashcroft Technology AcademyLondon · 5 miles awayExceptional66.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other ethnic group 35% (Ealing 18%, England 3%) · Black African 12% (Ealing 10%, England 5%) · White British 8% (Ealing 13%, England 59%) · Any other White background 8% (Ealing 13%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Ealing 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Ealing 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 6% (Ealing 14%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Ealing 8%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Ealing 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Ealing 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.50 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Ealing: 7.67 suspensions and 0.17 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

65.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,468; 16.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
92%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
70%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
7%
Any sustained destination
83%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health56%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.1%62.3%
Social housing2.2%17.1%
Privately rented35.7%20.5%
Detached houses41.7%22.9%
Flats35.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001273 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£632,500478 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£466,000–£944,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (43)£2,100,000
Semi-detached (68)£1,279,000
Terraced (51)£890,000
Flat (316)£520,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (4.07 km, 2021 entry): 8,527 sales, median £580,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
72an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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