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The UCL Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.16 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 45.9[6] 46.1%[6]
2023/24 46.6[4] 49.7%[4] -0.16[4]
2022/23 47.4[7] 47%[7] -0.15[7]
2021/22 52.4[8] 60%[8] +0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.6% 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] 5.5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 11.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 14.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 93%[15] 64%[15] 7%[15] 21%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 69%[16] 3%[16] 17%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 68%[17] 4%[17] 23%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 63%[18] 0%[18] 28%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
70% 2022/23[19]
Education
73% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 80%[20] 82%[20] 2%[20] 7%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 79%[21] 82%[21] 1%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 77%[22] 82%[22] 2%[22] 3%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 70%[23] 78%[23] 1%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
89% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 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 89%[26] 46%[26]
2019/20 95%[25] 40%[25] 38%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 33%[27] 30%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 89%[28] 30%[28] 25%[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
22 May 2024[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
26 Jun 2024[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]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Mar 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
399 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
63 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
136 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 501[32] 104[32] 185[32] 2.7[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 510[32] 97[32] 184[32] 2.8[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 656[32] 145[32] 188[32] 3.5[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 866[32] 157[32] 189[32] 4.6[32] 0.8[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
THE UCL ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Camden[1]
Website
http://www.uclacademy.co.uk[1]
District
Camden[33]
Postcode
NW3 3AQ[1]
URN
137181[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1015 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
45.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
14.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
31.6%[35]
Mixed
17.8%[35]
Asian
13%[35]
Black
14.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
18.5%[35]
Unclassified
4.4%[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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