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Ashcroft Technology Academy

Secondary · London · SW15 2UT

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Exceptional

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: ExceptionalAchievement: ExceptionalAttendance & behaviour: ExceptionalPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: ExceptionalEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Exceptional

Inspected 2 December 2025 · report published 22 January 2026

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At a glance

1,524 pupils · 100% of 1,450 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39.6% of pupils
English as additional language
49.2% of pupils
SEN support
11.1% of pupils
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.atacademy.org.uk/
URN
135316

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.65 first-choice applications per place

240 places offered · 396 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Per-band cutoffs (2025 entry)

A
2509 m (≈1.56 mi)
B
1805 m (≈1.12 mi)
C
1820 m (≈1.13 mi)
D
1486 m (≈0.92 mi)
E
1303 m (≈0.81 mi)

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
66.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
89.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
84.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
6.5
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+
42.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
1.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,998
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
70%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
11%
Any sustained destination
83%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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