Secondary school in London, Kensington and Chelsea
Holland Park School
Airlie Gardens, London, W8 7AF
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 20 January 2026.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
A levels 2024/25
- Average grade per entry
- B-
- Average points per entry
- 37.9
- A level students
- 84
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1376
- Places
- 1430
- How full
- Nearly full — 1376 of 1430 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 677 / 699
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistently absent
- 25%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 33%
- English as an additional language
- 35%
- With an EHC plan
- 4%
- On SEN support
- 14%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Kensington and Chelsea 008B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 69%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 6%
- Households owning their home
- 49%
- Households in social housing
- 10%
- Households with no car
- 46%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sally Coates
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Ward
- Campden
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- URN
- 149632
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIALOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 67.2 | 0.5 mi |
| Ashbourne CollegeOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| Kensington Park SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.6 mi |
| Wetherby PembridgeOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.7 mi |
| St James Senior Girls' SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Notting Hill Prep SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Kensington Aldridge AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2024 | 54 | 0.9 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Applemore CollegeFoundation school | No grade | 36.7 |
| Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 45.2 |
| Kings Norton Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 56.6 |
| University Academy HolbeachAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 39.9 |
| Homewood School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 39.7 |
| Witchford Village CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 44.5 |
| Hollingworth AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 51.1 |
| Colne Valley High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 42.4 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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