E-ACT Crest Academy, London

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades E-ACT Crest Academy on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, generally achieve well from their starting points and are prepared effectively for their next steps."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have fostered a culture where attendance is promoted consistently well across all phases of school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that an ambitious, well-planned curriculum is in place."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils and promote an inclusive ethos across the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are committed to making decisions in the best interests of pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils benefit from a broad and well‑designed programme for personal development."

Post 16 provision - Needs attention. "The achievement of students in academic qualifications is below the national average."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teaching meets pupils' needs consistently well through highly effective adaptations in lessons, both to secure and deepen pupils' knowledge and to ensure that they make as much progress through the curriculum as they can"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers are skilled at checking pupils' understanding and starting points so they can expertly adapt teaching effectively, enabling pupils to achieve highly"; "Leaders should ensure that recent actions to strengthen achievement in the sixth form are fully embedded and lead to consistently positive results for all post-16 students".

In its own words: "At The Crest Academy , we believe that our school should take its rightful place at the heart of the community - as a centre of excellence , a place of inspiration , and the first-choice school for families in Brent."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to the Sixth Form at The E-ACT Crest Academy - a vibrant, ambitious, and inclusive community where students are empowered to thrive academically, socially, and personally. At Crest, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum designed to meet the diverse aspirations of our students."

In 2026, pupils at E-ACT Crest Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.1 in Brent and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Brent and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 39.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.03: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.8, against 44.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put E-ACT Crest Academy as their first choice and 144 named it as one of their preferences, for 106 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to E-ACT Crest Academy are Menorah High School for Girls (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 62.5); North Brent School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.8); Clarion (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); and Hampstead School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.4).

E-ACT Crest Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

E-ACT Crest Academy is one of 37 schools run by E-Act, an academy trust.

87 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about E-ACT Crest Academy (as of April 2026): 79% would recommend the school, 70% say their child is happy there and 46% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (79%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (46%).

Of the 233 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 91 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

53% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 73.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are other ethnic groups (40%), Black (23%) and Asian (13%).

In 2026, 93 pupils (8.3%) received SEN support and 18 (1.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Brent Cross West Station, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brook Road Dollis Hill (->w), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood E-ACT Crest Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, E-ACT Crest Academy issued 394 suspensions, 32.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to E-ACT Crest Academy are Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Our Lady of Grace Catholic Junior School (0.4 miles), Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School (0.5 miles) and Wykeham Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.