Pimlico Academy, London

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Pimlico Academy 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.

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Leaders demonstrate an unwavering commitment to ensuring that disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and pupils known to children's social care experience the same high expectations, rich curriculum and ambitious opportunities as their peers."

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "Personal development and wellbeing stand out as an extraordinary strength of the school."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils make excellent progress during their time at school."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have put in place a range of successful strategies to improve attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a broad, ambitious and relevant curriculum that is carefully designed to meet the needs of all pupils and prepare them well for their adult lives."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "At all levels, leaders are highly motivated and committed to the school, its pupils and the wider community."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "The post-16 provision offers a curriculum and range of qualifications that are broad and well matched to students' interests and aspirations."

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 continue to secure high attendance and raise the achievement of higher attaining pupils, including in the sixth form".

In 2026, pupils at Pimlico Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Westminster and 47 across England.

59% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 59% in Westminster and 47% in England.

That is up from 54.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.27: 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 52.9, against 59.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 136 families put Pimlico Academy as their first choice and 427 named it as one of their preferences, for 205 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 Pimlico Academy are The Grey Coat Hospital (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.9); Sophia High School (0.6 miles); Westminster City School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.8); and Lilian Baylis Technology School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.1).

Pimlico Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Pimlico Academy is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

199 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Pimlico Academy (as of April 2026): 79% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (81%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 69 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 81% went on to university or other higher education and 4% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

56.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 36.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (27%), other ethnic groups (22%) and Mixed (13%).

In 2026, 59 pupils (5.5%) received SEN support and 48 (4.4%) 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.

Pimlico Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Pimlico Academy had 82 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest Underground station is Pimlico Underground Station, about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pimlico Academy & Library, 20 metres away.

In 2024/25, Pimlico Academy issued 266 suspensions, 24.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Pimlico Academy are Pimlico Primary (under 0.1 miles), St Gabriel's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Millbank Gardens Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.