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Alperton Community School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Brent

Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JE

Website 02089022038

74

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

88%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.2%

16.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,929

Capacity used

Nearly full

98%

1,970 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

88%

1st preference success rate

276 of 314 families who put it first got an offer

322

Places offered

708

Total applications

2.2

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference314276● 88%
2nd preference13626● 19%
3rd preference9312● 13%
Later preferences (4th–6th)1658● 5%
Total70832245%

1st preference success by year

86%
2020
95%
2021
90%
2022
91%
2023
96%
2024
88%
2025

Brent lets families list 6 preferences. 125 applications came from outside the council area (53 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Christopher Dixon
Address
Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JE
Phone
02089022038
Local authority
Brent
Ward / constituency
Alperton · Brent West
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
138610

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals25%——
English as additional language71%——
SEN support9%——
56% boys (1073)44% girls (856)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: ALPERTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL

1,929 pupils · 1,970 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 26

    24 March 2026

    S5 Inspection · report card

    InclusionStrong standard
    AchievementStrong standard
    Safeguarding standardsMet
    Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
    Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
    Leadership and governanceStrong standard
    Early yearsNot applicable
    Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
    Post-16 provisionStrong standard
  2. 21

    14 July 2021

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,640 pupils

Attendance

94.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

16.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

1.2%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

11%
20/21
24%
21/22
19%
22/23
18%
23/24
16%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score51.9——
Progress 8 score0.79—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths55%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths70%——
EBacc average point score4.60——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry36.26——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

44.3201951.4202251.2202351.9202449.62025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 849.646
Grade 5+ English & maths50.6%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths67.3%65%
Entering EBacc43.5%40%
EBacc average point score4.44.1
Pupils in cohort324—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
+0.41
Other pupils
+0.92
Low prior attainers
+0.93
Middle prior attainers
+0.84
High prior attainers
+0.53
Girls
+0.89
Boys
+0.71

A-level results over time

26.88201940.19202238.38202336.26202439.172025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry39.1735
Average gradeB—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)18.3%17%
A-level students150—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics32225%57%71%
English Language32219%52%70%
English Literature31919%60%77%
Combined Science22911%40%58%
Geography22215%41%53%
Art and Design15818%58%84%
Business12815%52%64%
Social Studies11123%68%86%
History10225%52%62%
Biology9137%78%92%
Physics9051%79%92%
Chemistry9044%80%91%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Mathematics6120%38%59%
Chemistry385%18%53%
Biology366%17%39%
Economics3412%38%71%
Psychology343%26%79%
Physics2921%31%52%
Sociology2512%32%76%
Government and Politics195%5%58%
Media / Film / TV Studies166%19%56%
English Literature1547%73%100%
History138%38%69%
Business Studies120%25%58%

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<32022<3202302024≤52025

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 12287: Alperton Community School

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications7
Offers≤5
Success rate—
Accepted offers≤5

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)61%——
Apprenticeships8%——
Any education or training64%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Brent council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.