Kensington Aldridge Academy, London

In 2026, pupils at Kensington Aldridge Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.5 in Kensington and Chelsea and 47 across England.

61% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 60% in Kensington and Chelsea and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 54.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.13: pupils made above 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 50.2, against 57.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 186 families put Kensington Aldridge Academy as their first choice and 565 named it as one of their preferences, for 210 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Kensington Aldridge Academy are All Saints Catholic College (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.9); Ark Burlington Danes Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.5); and Holland Park School (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 58.2).

Kensington Aldridge Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 193 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 17% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 131 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 31% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 38.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (31%), Mixed (19%) and other ethnic groups (16%).

In 2026, 178 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 90 (7.1%) 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 autism.

Kensington Aldridge Academy has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 27 places, 27 pupils on roll.

Kensington Aldridge Academy had 101 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Latimer Road, about 150 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Latimer Road, 150 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 2488 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kensington and Chelsea (1593), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Kensington Aldridge Academy issued 276 suspensions, 22.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Kensington Aldridge Academy are Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Thomas Jones Primary School (0.2 miles), Oxford Gardens Primary School (0.2 miles) and Avondale Park Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.