Alec Reed Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Northolt, Ealing·UB5 5LQ
Composite score
45.1
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#9,136
National rank
#1405
In London
#54
In Ealing
Top 62%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
34 first choices, 36 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
94
any preference, for 36 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
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1 per place
0.9320220.9020230.9420240.9320250.942026

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

Every child who put Alec Reed Academy 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).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 80 places
First choices per place
0.54
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
238
any preference, for 80 places
Applications from another council area
13%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.3020220.3220230.5520240.4720250.542026

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

Every child who put Alec Reed Academy 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).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Alec Reed Academy is an all-through school covering ages 3–19, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#1,693
National rank
#351
In London
#13
In Ealing
Top 53%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
45.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.99

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Age range
3–19
Pupils on roll
1,672
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
59.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£9,343
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
90%
168 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

About Alec Reed Academy

Alec Reed Academy is an all-through school in Northolt, Ealing, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,672 pupils aged 3 to 19 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 45.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Alec Reed Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Alec Reed Academy their first choice was offered one of its 36 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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