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Acland Burghley School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
31.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.30 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.9[6] 52%[6]
2023/24 50.4[4] 59.9%[4] -0.30[4]
2022/23 50.3[7] 57%[7] -0.16[7]
2021/22 50.5[8] 53%[8] -0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 8.8%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 5.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 6.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
67% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 63%[15] 6%[15] 23%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 72%[16] 3%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 58%[17] 5%[17] 26%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 66%[18] 6%[18] 23%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 58%[20] 0%[20] 24%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 58%[21] 2%[21] 26%[21]
2019/20 77%[22] 60%[22] 3%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 61%[23] 5%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 22%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 10%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 9%[28] 8%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
18 Oct 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
28 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Mar 2018[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
647 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
213 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
171 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 654[32] 218[32] 175[32] 3.7[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2024 592[32] 170[32] 166[32] 3.6[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 621[32] 210[32] 176[32] 3.5[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 709[32] 225[32] 166[32] 4.3[32] 1.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Local authority
Camden[1]
Website
http://www.aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk/[1]
District
Camden[33]
Postcode
NW5 1UJ[1]
URN
100053[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1218 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
19.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
7.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
57.9%[35]
Mixed
16.9%[35]
Asian
5.6%[35]
Black
9.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2%[35]
Unclassified
8.4%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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