Starting secondary school

Primary to secondary transfer

All applicants will receive the outcome of their application via email. If you have been offered a school you must accept or decline your offer within 2 weeks.

How places were offered in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster

To provide you with as much information as possible, you have been provided with details of how places were offered for all schools located in the Bi-borough area. Not all the outcomes will be relevant to your application.
If you are considering applying for further schools, you are advised to use this information to determine the likelihood of your child being offered a place.
The abbreviation ‘LAC’ is used throughout this document, this stands for Looked After Child and applies to children who are, or were, in the public care of a Local Authority (i.e. foster children), or adopted from abroad.

Kensington and Chelsea Secondary schools

All Saints Catholic College

Places available = 180 (Applications received = 590)
13 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Catholic Siblings	24 offers
Baptised Catholics	111 offers
Non-Catholic LAC	1 offer
Other Siblings	19 offers
Eastern/Orthodox	3 offers
Other Christians	8 offers to those attending a feeder school
Any Other Christians	1 offer up to a distance of 0.085 of a mile
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6432

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

Places available = 128 (Applications received = 771)
5 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Band 1 (31 places)	Band 2 (61 places)	Band 3 (31 places)
Catholic LACs (A)	0 offers	1 offer	0 offers
Music Places (B1)	3 offers	6 offers	3 offers
Siblings & Former Siblings (B2)	10 offers	18 offers	9 offers
Children of Staff (B3)	0 offers	0 offers	0 offers
Catholic Boys (B4 - random)	18 offers	36 offers	19 offers
For further information please contact the school. Email. [email protected]

Chelsea Academy

Places available = 180 (Applications received = 748)
8 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
LAC/Medical/Social priority	1 offer
Music Aptitude	11 offers
Siblings	55 offers
Foundation places	53 offers (up to, in part, Foundation category 4 - offers randomised within criterion)
Community places	52 offers (up to 1.215 miles straight-line distance - feeder school applicants only)
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6432

Holland Park School

Places available = 240 (Applications received = 1439)
14 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Art Aptitude	24 offers scoring 27 out of 40 or higher (distance tie-breaker used for equal scores)
Band A	54 offers - 1 LAC, 21 siblings, 32 remaining places offered up to 0.393 of a mile straight-line
Band B	54 offers - 2 LACs, 19 siblings, 33 remaining places offered up to 0.745 of a mile straight-line
Band C	54 offers - 1 LAC, 12 siblings, 41 remaining places offered up to 1.010 miles straight-line
Band D	40 offers - 1 LAC, 13 siblings, 26 remaining places offered up to 0.756 of a mile straight-line
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6432

Kensington Aldridge Academy

Places available = 210 (Applications received = 735)
0 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Looked After Children	2 offers
Perfoming Creative Arts Aptitude	18 offers (7 PCA Aptitude with Pupil Premium, 11 PCA Aptitude)
Siblings	69 offers
Living within priority area	113 offers
Living outside priority area	8 offers (up to 0.678 miles straight-line distance)
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6432

St Thomas More Language College

Places available = 120 (Applications received = 512)
0 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Band 1 (30 places)	Band 2 (60 places)	Band 3 (30 places)
Looked after children	None	None	None
Practising Catholic Children	All	All	All
Other Baptised Catholic Children	All	All	All
Members of an Orthodox Communion	All	All	All
Other Christians	All	All	All
Any other applicants	Up to 1.750 miles	Up to 1.215 miles	Up to 2.016 miles
For further information please contact the school. Email. [email protected]

Westminster Secondary schools

The Grey Coat Hospital School

Places available = 167 (Applications received = 889)
3 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Language places	15 offers
	Band 1	Band 2	Band 3
Church of England Places	17 offers (all)	36 offers (all)	17 offers (all)
Other Christian Places	15 offers	29 offers	13 offers
Open Places	6 offers (0.713 miles)	11 offers (0.193 miles)	"5 offers (siblings up to 1.605 of a mile only)"
Contained within the above bands/criterion are 5 LAC offers and 27 sibling offers
For further information please contact the school. Tel. 020 7969 1998

Harris Academy St John's Wood

Places available = 210 (Applications received = 631)
0 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
LACs or Previously LAC	0 offers
Exceptional Circumstances	0 offers
Siblings	82 offers
Distance	128 offers up to 1.425 miles straight-line distance
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6433

Marylebone Boys' School

Places available = 150 (Applications received = 275)
3 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

All applicants who applies were offered a place.

For further information please contact the school. Email. [email protected].

Paddington Academy

Places available = 180 (Applications received = 777)
6 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
LACs or Exceptional Circumstances	0 offers
Exceptional Circumstances	0 offers
Siblings	81 offers
Children of Staff	1 offer
Distance	92 offers up to 0.580 miles straight-line distance
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6433

Pimlico Academy

Places available = 210 (Applications received = 498)
10 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan.

Criterion	Offers
LACs	0 offers
Exceptional Social/Medical	0 offers
Siblings	60 offers
Feeder Schools	50 offers to children attending Millbank, Churchill Gardens, or Pimlico Primary
Distance	90 offers up to 1.972 miles shortest walking route
For further information please contact the Admissions Team. Tel. 020 7745 6433

St Augustine's CE High School

Places available = 180 (Applications received = 461)
8 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Band A	32 offers (all applicants offered)
Band B	35 offers (all applicants offered)
Band C	44 offers (all applicants offered)
Band D	54 offers (all applicants offered)
Unbanded	7 offers (up to Criterion 12 - distance of 1.999 miles straight-line)
For further information please contact the school. Tel. 020 7644 1867 or 020 7328 3434 or [email protected]

St George's Catholic School

Places available = 180 (Applications received = 656)
4 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Looked After Children	1 offer
Baptised Catholic Siblings	47 offers to siblings under criterion 2
Baptised Practicing Catholics	104 offers to other Catholic children under criterion 2
Other Baptised Catholics	2 offers under criterion 3
Other Christians	22 offers under criterion 5 up to 2.570 miles straight-line distance
For further information please contact the school. Tel. 020 7328 0904

St Marylebone School

Places available = 168 (Applications received = 918)
5 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
Performing Arts places	16 offers
	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D
Church of England Places	23 offers	23 offers	23 offers	23 offers
C of E Places criterion / distance	Up to 3.499 miles in criterion 2.1.2	Up to 4.385 miles in criterion 2.1.2	Up to 3.363 miles in criterion 2.1.2	Up to 3.844 miles in criterion 2.1.4
Open Places	15 offers	14 offers	14 offers	12 offers
Open Places breakdown (miles)	0.887 of a mile	0.878 of a mile	0.800 of a mile	0.524 of a mile

Westminster Academy

Places available = 210 (Applications received = 712)
0 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

Criterion	Offers
LAC or Exceptional Needs	0 offers
Siblings	70 offers
Children of staff	1 offer
Distance	139 remaining places offered up to 1.208 miles shortest walking route

Westminster City School

Places available = 150 (Applications received = 284)
0 places for pupils with a final Education, Health & Care Plan

All applicants who applied were offered a place.

List of schools with vacancies or short waiting lists

Please see below a list of schools, and the borough location, where there may be vacancies or only a short waiting list.

Inclusion on this list is not a guarantee that there are vacancies at the school and you will need to submit an application for consideration. Please note the gender as your child will not be eligible for all listed schools. You can apply to as many schools as you wish.

Arranging a place at an alternative school will not prejudice your original application for your preferred school(s).

If you wish to apply for additional schools, please email your home local authority;

Kensington & Chelsea residents - [email protected]
Westminster residents – [email protected]

If you are applying for any religious schools, you may also need to complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) which can be obtained directly from the school.

SCHOOL NAME	GENDER	BOROUGH
Capital City Academy	Mixed	Brent
E-ACT Crest Academy	Mixed	Brent
Kingsbury High School	Mixed	Brent
Newman Catholic College	Boys	Brent
St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls	Girls	Brent
Haverstock School	Mixed	Camden
La Sainte Union Girls RC School	Girls	Camden
Maria Fidelis School	Mixed	Camden
Regent High School	Mixed	Camden
Ark Acton Academy	Mixed	Ealing
Ark Soane Academy	Mixed	Ealing
Alec Reed Academy	Mixed	Ealing
Brentside High School	Mixed	Ealing
Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls	Girls	Ealing
Northolt High School	Mixed	Ealing
Villiers High School	Mixed	Ealing
Ark Burlington Danes Academy	Mixed	Hammersmith & Fulham
Fulham Cross Academy	Mixed	Hammersmith & Fulham
Fulham Cross Girls	Girls	Hammersmith & Fulham
Hurlingham Academy	Mixed	Hammersmith & Fulham
Phoenix Academy	Mixed	Hammersmith & Fulham
Brentford School for Girls	Girls	Hounslow
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys	Boys	Hounslow
Kingsley Academy	Mixed	Hounslow
Arts & Media School Islington	Mixed	Islington
Beacon High School	Mixed	Islington
City of London Academy Highbury Grove	Mixed	Islington
St Aloysius Catholic College	Boys	Islington
Archbishop Tenison's School	Mixed	Lambeth
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy	Mixed	Lambeth
City Heights E-ACT Academy	Mixed	Lambeth
La Retraite RC Girls’ School	Mixed	Lambeth
Lambeth Academy	Mixed	Lambeth
The London Nautical School	Boys	Lambeth
St Martin-in-the-Fields High School	Girls	Lambeth
Trinity Academy	Mixed	Lambeth
Ark Globe Academy	Mixed	Southwark
Ark Walworth Academy	Mixed	Southwark
Compass School	Mixed	Southwark
Harris Academy Bermondsey	Girls	Southwark
Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich	Girls	Southwark
Harris Academy Peckham	Mixed	Southwark
Notre Dame RC School for Girls	Girls	Southwark
South Bank University Academy	Mixed	Southwark
Ark Putney Academy	Mixed	Wandsworth
Burntwood School	Girls	Wandsworth
Ernest Beven College	Boys	Wandsworth
Southfields Academy	Mixed	Wandsworth
St John Bosco Catholic School	Mixed	Wandsworth
Marylebone Boys' School	Boys	Westminster
St Augustine’s High School	Mixed	Westminster
Westminster City School	Boys	Westminster

Waiting lists and appeals

If your child was not offered their first preference school, they will be retained on the waiting list for any schools listed higher than the one they were offered. Waiting list positions for the following schools will be available from 29 March from the Admissions Team:

All Saints Catholic College
Chelsea Academy
Holland Park School
Kensington Aldridge Academy

For other schools you are advised to contact the school directly, or the borough in which they are located, for further advice about the waiting list process.

There is a right to an independent appeal for any school that has been unable to offer a place. Please consult your formal outcome letter for more information about this process. Appeals will be held from May to July.

Late applications

The eAdmissions website is open until the middle of August for late applications. If you require a paper form, please contact the Admissions Team using the details at the bottom of this page.

Resources

This leaflet answers the most frequently asked questions and includes:

all the visiting dates and open evenings for Kensington and Chelsea secondary schools
dates for ability banding tests which some schools run

RBKC secondary school hints and tips 2022 PDF, 934.58 KB, 1 page