E-ACT Crest Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Brent·NW2 7SN
Composite score
49.9
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#2,522
National rank
#432
In London
#14
In Brent
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
58%
% EBacc grade 5+
14%
EBacc average points score
3.68

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
51 first choices, 106 places
First choices per place
0.48
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
144
any preference, for 106 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4420220.3920230.3720240.5720250.482026

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

Every child who put E-ACT Crest 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).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
74.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
35.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,877
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
86%
207 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

E-ACT Crest Academy is a secondary school serving London, Brent, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,206 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.9 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 58% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made E-ACT Crest Academy their first choice was offered one of its 106 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. E-ACT Crest Academy 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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