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Chelsea Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.23 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 51.9[6] 53.1%[6]
2023/24 50.1[4] 54.5%[4] +0.23[4]
2022/23 53.1[7] 61%[7] +0.38[7]
2021/22 53[8] 65%[8] +0.02[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.9% 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] 10.5%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 9.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 14.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 97%[15] 63%[15] 4%[15] 27%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 68%[16] 3%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 69%[17] 8%[17] 16%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 65%[18] 2%[18] 21%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
77% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 79%[20] 1%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 75%[21] 1%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 80%[22] 0%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 72%[23] 1%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
39% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 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 84%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 88%[25] 40%[25] 39%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 38%[27] 34%[27] 5%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 39%[28] 32%[28] 0%[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
27 Sep 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 Nov 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
499 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
108 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
170 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 589[30] 124[30] 174[30] 3.4[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024 614[30] 129[30] 174[30] 3.5[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 741[30] 161[30] 175[30] 4.2[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2022 745[30] 156[30] 172[30] 4.3[30] 0.9[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
THE CHELSEA ACADEMY (A SCIENCE ACADEMY)[1]
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea[1]
Website
http://chelsea-academy.org/[1]
District
Kensington and Chelsea[31]
Postcode
SW10 0AB[1]
URN
135531[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1126 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
29.9% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
12.9% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.9% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
26.4%[33]
Mixed
20.9%[33]
Asian
6.8%[33]
Black
22.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
21.9%[33]
Unclassified
1.3%[33]

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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    Quote
    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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