Holland Park School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–18
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 58 58.2 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL B- B- 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 58.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 68.4% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 33% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.04 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 59.4[6] | 73.5%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 58.7[4] | 68.7%[4] | +0.04[4] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- B- 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 23.8% 2024/25[3]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 20 Jan 2026[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 28 May 2026[8]
- Inclusion
- Strong standard[8]
- Achievement
- Strong standard[8]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[8]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard[8]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional[8]
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional[8]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard[8]
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 4.2 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Applications (any preference)
- 1077 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences
- 311 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places offered
- 255 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences per place
- 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[9]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 1176[9] | 362[9] | 253[9] | 4.6[9] | 1.4[9] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 974[9] | 297[9] | 248[9] | 3.9[9] | 1.2[9] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 944[9] | 283[9] | 226[9] | 4.2[9] | 1.3[9] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 240 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Entrance test date
- 4 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1430[1]
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea[1]
- Website
- https://www.hollandparkschool.co.uk/[1]
- District
- Kensington and Chelsea[11]
- Postcode
- W8 7AF[1]
- URN
- 149632[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1336 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 35.4% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 13.6% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 4% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 32.7% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 38.6%[13]
- Mixed
- 18.7%[13]
- Asian
- 8.1%[13]
- Black
- 11%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 16.7%[13]
- Unclassified
- 7%[13]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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hollandparkschool.co.uk: hollandparkschool.co.uk — Admission Policy 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
The Published Admission Number (PAN) is 240. (p. 3)
Aptitude tests will take place on Saturday 4th October 2025. 2 Oversubscription Criteria (p. 3)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.