Preston Manor School
All-through · Wembley · HA9 8NA
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 14 July 2022
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1,902 pupils · 96% of 1,980 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 65.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.preston-manor.com
- URN
- 139319
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 75 families named it first for 180 Year 7 places, 0.42 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 3126 m (≈1.94 mi); distance decided places in 10 of the 13 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.63 first-choice applications per place49 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.42 first-choice applications per place180 places offered · 75 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3126 m (≈1.94 mi)
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Wembley school admissions · Brent school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
250 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Greenford High School | 48.6 | |
| St Paul's Catholic School | 44.9 | |
| Carlton Bolling | 44.4 | |
| Alec Reed Academy | 45.1 | |
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology College | 56.1 | |
| Harris Academy Chobham | 49.5 | |
| Ark Isaac Newton Academy | 56.7 | |
| Whitmore High School | 55 | |
| Ark Academy | 51.5 | |
| Whitefriars School | 43 | |
| Harlington School | 42.5 | |
| Kingsbury High School | 47.3 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 24 of 24 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other ethnic group 20% (Brent 15%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 20% (Brent 18%, England 4%) · Any other White background 14% (Brent 13%, England 7%) · Black African 13% (Brent 12%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Brent 9%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Brent 5%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Brent 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Brent 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Brent 2%, England 1%) · White British 2% (Brent 11%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Brent 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Brent 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Brent 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Brent 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
10.90 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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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0.86% of teaching posts vacant, 0.86% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.5 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 £61,813; 13.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 82% (78%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £2,201,000; in-year balance +£126,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 June 2016: Yes - improving (good)
- 12 January 2016: Section 8 Inspection due to Parental Complaint
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 39.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 27.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 30.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 42.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 28.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 28.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 13.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 67.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 17.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 39.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000578 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £490,000313 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £347,500–£655,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 9an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 46an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 9an 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