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Boys secondary school in London, Westminster

Marylebone Boys' School

North Wharf Road, London, W2 1QZ

Ofsted Good · 2022 Sixth form Boys
School website 02031437100

Ofsted

Goodas at 16 November 2022

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 16 November 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

48.6 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

59% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

77% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

75% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.16confidence interval -0.13 to 0.45

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
C
Average points per entry
29.6

England average 32.3

A level students
59

Pupils

Pupils on roll
561
Places
950
How full
59% full — 561 of 950 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
32 / 529
Overall absence
11%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
40%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
49%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
60%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
90%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
87%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
59%
No sustained destination
6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
126

After sixth form

Went to university
61%

England 50%

In education, work or training
79%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
61

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

18% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
80%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
45

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Westminster 015F, 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
64%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
8%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
13%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
35%

England 17%

Households with no car
75%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
34%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–19
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Richard Ardron
Local authority
Westminster
Ward
Hyde Park
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster
URN
140884

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Ark King Solomon AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 51.3 0.4 mi
Sylvia Young Theatre SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.6 mi
ICS LondonOther independent school No grade 0.7 mi
Westminster AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 48.3 0.7 mi
Halcyon London International SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.7 mi
Kensington Park SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.8 mi
Paddington AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 61.6 0.8 mi
Francis Holland SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.8 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Islip Manor High SchoolFoundation school No grade 38.3
Ashton Community Science CollegeCommunity school Good 2023 44.6
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 34.3
All Saints' Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2023 35.6
University Academy Long SuttonAcademy sponsor led No grade 32.4
Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 43.3
Norbury High School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2022 46.4
Bluecoat Aspley AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 48.6

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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