William Ellis School
William Ellis School is a secondary school (Voluntary aided school), ages 11–18, in London, NW5, in the Camden council area. It has 771 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (8 October 2024): Good in all 5 graded areas. It is listed as non-selective.
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Admissions
| Entry year | Last distance offered | Places (PAN) | Applications | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | All offered | 112 | 270 | Not published |
2024 | All offered | 130 | 313 | Not published |
2023 | 2.17 mi; All offered | Not published | 371 | Not published |
“All offered” means the published group had places for all eligible applicants; its distance is not a cut-off for admission.
Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.
"Applications are considered based on distance from the child's home to the school... measured in a straight line from the home address to the school using a computerised mapping system." (secondary guide, admissions criteria). The primary guide adds: distance is "measured in a straight line between the home and school addresses" using address co-ordinates, "to the centre of the school".
n/a: the school had vacant places when the offers were published, so the distance criterion was not reached. Two source documents give the same year's figures for this school under slightly different published names; values were combined (preferring non-null figures from either source).
Ofsted
Good in all 5 graded areas — inspected 8 October 2024.
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
Quality of education | Good |
Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
Personal development | Good |
Leadership and management | Good |
Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Sixth form | Good |
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Term dates
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Results
| Measure | Result | Academic year |
|---|---|---|
Progress 8 | -0.17 | 2023/24 |
Attainment 8 | 48.2 | 2024/25 |
GCSE grade 5+ in English & maths (%) | 52.6 | 2024/25 |
KS4 pupils | 97 | 2024/25 |
A level average point score per entry | 29.78 | 2024/25 |
A level average grade per entry | C | 2024/25 |
A level students | 84 | 2024/25 |
Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.
Pupils
| Measure | Pupils / percentage | Data period |
|---|---|---|
Pupils | 771 | 2025/26 |
Eligible for free school meals | 51.6% | 2025/26 |
English as an additional language | 31.1% | 2025/26 |
SEN support | 17.63% | 2024/25 |
Education, health and care (EHC) plan | 2.94% | 2024/25 |
Nearby schools
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