Holland Park School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Holland Park School on 7 areas: 2 exceptional and 5 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "The school's work to improve attendance has been extremely successful."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "The new trust and school leaders have quickly identified what needed improvement, resulting in transformational progress at the school."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils' knowledge builds securely as they progress through the curriculum from Year 7 to Year 13."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious and well-balanced curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusive practices at Holland Park School have been rapidly improved."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a well-structured programme for personal development that weaves together to support pupils to grow into respectful, confident and resilient young people."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a high-quality, tailored and relevant curriculum for post-16 study."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas. They should seek continued improvement, overcoming barriers and challenges, in order to drive a transformational impact for all pupils. This includes disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing".

In 2026, pupils at Holland Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.5 in Kensington and Chelsea and 47 across England.

68% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 60% in Kensington and Chelsea and 47% in England.

That is down from 59.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: 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 47.7, against 63.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Religious Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 311 families put Holland Park School as their first choice and 1077 named it as one of their preferences, for 255 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 128 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Holland Park School are The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.5); Kensington Aldridge Academy (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.1); Westminster Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); and All Saints Catholic College (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.9).

Holland Park School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Holland Park School is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

322 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holland Park School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Of the 217 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 14% to a further education college.

Of the 66 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education and 3% into work.

43.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Mixed (19%), other ethnic groups (17%) and White British (15%).

Holland Park School had 45 teachers in 2026, one for every 29 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest Underground station is Holland Park Underground Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Holland Park, 380 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holland Park School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Holland Park School issued 50 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Holland Park School are Fox Primary School (0.2 miles), St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Clement and St James CofE Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.