Roundwood School and Community Centre, London

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Roundwood School and Community Centre on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance in this alternative provision shows clear improvement from very low starting points."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leadership and governance are highly effective and underpinned by a clear moral purpose."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "This area is a strength of the school and has a highly positive impact on pupils' confidence, safety, engagement and preparation for adulthood."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils make meaningful progress from very low starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a clear and flexible curriculum that meets pupils' needs and prepares them for their next steps."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion is a strength of the school's culture and practice."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue their close work with families, carers, care homes and external agencies to further strengthen the attendance and punctuality of pupils and particularly for persistently absent pupils. • Leaders should ensure that all staff consistently deliver the curriculum effectively and adapt teaching appropriately to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and other complex barriers. • Leaders should ensure that systematic, well-matched support is implemented promptly from admission and delivered consistently to further support the development of pupils' foundational knowledge and skills, particularly in reading, writing and mathematics".

Across Brent, 70% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 93% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Brent lodged 146 appeals against secondary school offers; 131 reached a hearing and 10 succeeded (7.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Roundwood School and Community Centre are Newman Catholic College (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36); Harris Lowe Academy Willesden (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.3); Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.6); and North Brent School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.8).

Roundwood School and Community Centre is one of 12 schools run by The Beckmead Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 70% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college.

60% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 1 pupils (3.3%) received SEN support and 0 (0%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school.

The nearest railway station is Willesden Junction Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newman College / Wrottesley Road, 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Roundwood School and Community Centre stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

The primary schools closest to Roundwood School and Community Centre are John Keble CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Newfield Primary School (0.3 miles), Furness Primary School (0.3 miles) and Donnington Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.