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Queens Park Community School

Secondary · London · NW6 7BQ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 January 2025

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At a glance

1,328 pupils · 106% of 1,250 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
51.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.qpcs.brent.sch.uk
URN
138609

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 209 families named it first for 212 Year 7 places, 0.99 first choices per place. We hold 13 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 28 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.99 first-choice applications per place

212 places offered · 209 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

12 Distance
814.29 m (≈0.51 mi)
Feeder School
1687.11 m (≈1.05 mi)
Sibling
4010.19 m (≈2.49 mi)

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
51.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
72.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
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-
35.7
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school51.1
Median of its 12 closest peers45
Brent average51.7
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
Reading Girls' SchoolReading · 33 miles awayGood51.8
Stoke Park SchoolCoventry · 81 miles awayExpected standard43.4
Oxford Spires AcademyOxford · 45 miles awayGood46.3
Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJIsleworth · 7 miles awayGood56.3
Drayton Manor High SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding56
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share AcademyDewsbury · 158 miles awayGood43.6
Chadwell Heath AcademyRomford · 15 miles awayGood53.7
Blackburn Central High SchoolBlackburn · 179 miles awayGood41
Haven High AcademyBoston · 100 miles awayNeeds attention31.7
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise CollegeSlough · 17 miles awayGood42.1
The Mandeville SchoolAylesbury · 31 miles awaySerious weaknesses38.9
Barr's Hill SchoolCoventry · 82 miles awayOutstanding46.7

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 27% (Brent 11%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 16% (Brent 15%, England 3%) · Any other White background 16% (Brent 13%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (Brent 12%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Brent 5%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Brent 3%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Brent 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Brent 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Brent 9%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Brent 18%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Brent 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Brent 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Brent 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Brent 3%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Brent 0%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Brent 1%, England 2%)

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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

13.28 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Brent: 10.43 suspensions and 0.08 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

85.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.2 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 £58,022; 5.6% 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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,193
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£183,000; in-year balance +£824,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
56%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
18%
Any sustained destination
82%

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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48%62.3%
Social housing22.9%17.1%
Privately rented28.8%20.5%
Detached houses8.7%22.9%
Flats64.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000489 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£810,000671 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£520,000–£1,537,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£2,222,500
Semi-detached (69)£1,500,000
Terraced (181)£1,700,000
Flat (393)£580,000

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

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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