Ernest Bevin Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Wandsworth·SW17 7DF
Composite score
55.8
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#1,781
National rank
#367
In London
#10
In Wandsworth
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
4.34

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
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 130 places
First choices per place
0.36
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
174
any preference, for 130 places
Applications from another council area
33%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.3820230.3020240.2920250.362026

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

Every child who put Ernest Bevin 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
643
Gender
Boys
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
65.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,735
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
92%
165 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Ernest Bevin Academy

Ernest Bevin Academy is a boys' secondary school in London, Wandsworth, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 643 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.9 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.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ernest Bevin Academy their first choice was offered one of its 130 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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