Kensington Aldridge Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 53 53.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 53.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 61.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 19.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.13 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	Progress 8
2024/25	54[6]	61.6%[6]
2023/24	55.4[4]	65.3%[4]	+0.13[4]
2022/23	50.3[7]	55%[7]	+0.11[7]
2021/22	56.8[8]	68%[8]	+0.38[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 26% 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	B[10]	22.1%[10]
2022/23	B-[11]	14%[11]
2021/22	B+[12]	25.4%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	10.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 33% 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	93%[15]	53%[15]	5%[15]	30%[15]	3%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	54%[16]	7%[16]	29%[16]	1%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	91%[17]	56%[17]	16%[17]	17%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	88%[18]	49%[18]	5%[18]	31%[18]	1%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[19]
Education: 72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 10% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	85%[20]	69%[20]	2%[20]	13%[20]
2020/21	85%[21]	72%[21]	0%[21]	13%[21]
2019/20	91%[22]	88%[22]	0%[22]	3%[22]
2018/19	83%[23]	69%[23]	2%[23]	12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 45% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 1% 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	91%[26]	60%[26]
2019/20	89%[25]	40%[25]	38%[25]	1%[25]
2018/19	86%[27]	37%[27]	36%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	85%[28]	49%[28]	43%[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: 19 Mar 2024[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 8 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
12 Dec 2017[30]	Academy First Section 5[30]	Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 565 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 186 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 210 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	609[31]	160[31]	210[31]	2.9[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024	653[31]	191[31]	210[31]	3.1[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023	697[31]	196[31]	170[31]	4.1[31]	1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022	734[31]	208[31]	210[31]	3.5[31]	1.0[31]

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: 1140[1]
Trust: KENSINGTON ALDRIDGE ACADEMY[1]
Local authority: Kensington and Chelsea[1]
Website: http://www.kaa.org.uk [1]
District: Kensington and Chelsea [32]
Postcode: W10 6EX[1]
URN: 140212[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1224 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 40.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 13.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 6.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 58.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 20.9%[34]
Mixed: 18.7%[34]
Asian: 9%[34]
Black: 30.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 15.7%[34]
Unclassified: 4.7%[34]

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.

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