The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls

Foundation school·Secondary school London, Ealing·W3 0HW
Composite score
70.6
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#378
National rank
#116
In London
#7
In Ealing
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
56.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
65%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
27%
EBacc average points score
5.13

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
117 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
0.56
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
492
any preference, for 207 places
Applications from another council area
28%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5720220.6220230.5820240.5620250.562026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,290
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
59.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,127
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
199 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls is a girls' secondary school serving London, Ealing, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 1,290 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 56.5 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.6 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of secondary schools in England.

65% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls their first choice was offered one of its 207 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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