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Welling School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 36 36.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
36.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.82 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 34.7[6] 26.7%[6]
2023/24 36.7[4] 29.3%[4] -0.82[4]
2022/23 33.7[7] 26%[7] -0.97[7]
2021/22 37.6[8] 31%[8] -0.86[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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] 13.3%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D[12] 5.6%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 8.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
31% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 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 89%[15] 35%[15] 14%[15] 28%[15] 3%[15] 8%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 47%[16] 14%[16] 22%[16] 4%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 44%[17] 6%[17] 37%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 38%[18] 11%[18] 34%[18] 4%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
77% 2022/23[19]
Education
31% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
42% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 77%[20] 39%[20] 2%[20] 36%[20]
2020/21 73%[21] 37%[21] 5%[21] 31%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 52%[22] 5%[22] 31%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 40%[23] 15%[23] 26%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
43% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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 45%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 58%[25] 4%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 52%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 56%[28] 4%[28] 2%[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
10 Feb 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Apr 2026[29]
Inclusion
Needs attention[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Oct 2023[30] Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
4 May 2023[31] Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
474 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
160 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
199 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 383[32] 118[32] 174[32] 2.2[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 288[32] 85[32] 147[32] 2.0[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 300[32] 70[32] 156[32] 1.9[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 467[32] 143[32] 225[32] 2.1[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1850[1]
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bexley[1]
Website
http://www.wellingschool-tkat.org/[1]
District
Bexley[33]
Postcode
DA16 1LB[1]
URN
136720[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1087 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
14% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
14.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
71.7%[35]
Mixed
11.1%[35]
Asian
5.4%[35]
Black
7.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[35]
Unclassified
1.9%[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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    Quote
    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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