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Queens Park Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.08 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 51.1[6] 57.3%[6]
2023/24 49.8[4] 55.9%[4] +0.08[4]
2022/23 49.9[7] 49%[7] +0.16[7]
2021/22 50.8[8] 48%[8] +0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.9% 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] 16.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 11.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 21.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 12.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
61% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 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 96%[15] 59%[15] 7%[15] 27%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 59%[16] 9%[16] 25%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 64%[17] 6%[17] 23%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 63%[18] 4%[18] 26%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 76%[20] 53%[20] 1%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 59%[21] 3%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 76%[22] 66%[22] 1%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 64%[23] 6%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
43% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
41% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 83%[26] 46%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 44%[25] 41%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 79%[27] 32%[27] 31%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 86%[28] 24%[28] 21%[28] 1%[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
28 Jan 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Mar 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
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
3 Dec 2019[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
563 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
209 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
212 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 585[32] 247[32] 212[32] 2.8[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2024 609[32] 242[32] 216[32] 2.8[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 628[32] 221[32] 213[32] 2.9[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 632[32] 272[32] 209[32] 3.0[32] 1.3[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1250[1]
Trust
QUEENS PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Brent[1]
Website
www.qpcs.brent.sch.uk[1]
District
Brent[33]
Postcode
NW6 7BQ[1]
URN
138609[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1310 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
51.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
23% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
43.1%[35]
Mixed
14.2%[35]
Asian
10.8%[35]
Black
15.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
15.7%[35]
Unclassified
1.1%[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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