Preston Manor School

All-through · Academy converter · Mixed · Brent

Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, HA9 8NA

Website 02083854040

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

91.8%

27.9% persistently absent

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

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,902

Capacity used

Nearly full

96%

1,980 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

29 of 29 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

135

Total applications

3.6

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	29	29	● 100%
2nd preference	32	5	● 16%
3rd preference	34	1	● 3%
Later preferences (4th–6th)	40	0	● 0%
Total	135	35	26%

1st preference success by year

100%

2020

100%

2021

100%

2022

100%

2023

100%

2024

100%

2025

Brent lets families list 6 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (1 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: All-through
Age range: 4–19
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Russell Denial
Address: Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, HA9 8NA
Phone: 02083854040
Local authority: Brent
Ward / constituency: Preston · Brent West
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 139319

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	31%	—	—
English as additional language	65%	—	—
SEN support	8%	—	—

52% boys (981)48% girls (921)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

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

Academy trust: PRESTON MANOR ACADEMY TRUST

1,902 pupils · 1,980 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

22
14 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,691 pupils

Attendance

91.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

8.2%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

27.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.9%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

14%

20/21

23%

21/22

28%

22/23

27%

23/24

28%

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.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	60%	—	—
Higher standard	8%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	47.3	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.25	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	44%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	65%	—	—
EBacc average point score	4.31	—	—

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

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	30.16	—	—

Average grade: C (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard72%

+10% vs England

Higher standard12%

+4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard83%

+8% vs England

Higher standard28%

-5% vs England

Average score106

+0 vs England

Writing

Expected standard78%

+6% vs England

Greater depth22%

+9% vs England

Maths

Expected standard77%

+3% vs England

Higher standard32%

+6% vs England

Average score106

+1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard85%

+12% vs England

Higher standard43%

+13% vs England

Average score108

+3 vs England

Science

Expected standard82%

+0% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	72%	61%
Higher standard	12%	8%

GCSE results over time

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

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	46.2	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	40.4%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	65.2%	65%
Entering EBacc	47.2%	40%
EBacc average point score	4.23	4.1
Pupils in cohort	250	—

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

+0.13

Other pupils

+0.29

Low prior attainers

+0.42

Middle prior attainers

+0.28

High prior attainers

-0.10

Girls

+0.29

Boys

+0.22

A-level results over time

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

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	28.28	35
Average grade	C-	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	7.1%	17%
A-level students	122	—

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.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	250	24%	45%	69%
English Language	250	16%	51%	68%
English Literature	239	18%	58%	76%
Combined Science	179	4%	28%	47%
Business	131	11%	40%	60%
History	122	30%	54%	69%
Spanish	97	23%	59%	86%
Social Studies	76	16%	41%	62%
Biology	71	37%	92%	96%
Physics	69	41%	90%	100%
Chemistry	69	42%	90%	97%
Physical Education	68	3%	26%	43%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Mathematics	43	7%	21%	40%
Biology	39	5%	10%	23%
Chemistry	37	3%	8%	16%
Psychology	37	0%	3%	19%
Physics	26	0%	0%	12%
Sociology	26	4%	4%	35%
Government and Politics	22	5%	18%	45%
Economics	21	0%	0%	29%
English Literature	19	5%	21%	53%
History	15	0%	20%	33%
Business Studies	13	0%	15%	46%
Religious Studies	13	0%	0%	23%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

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

UCAS apply centre 12288: Preston Manor School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
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

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	66%	—	—
Apprenticeships	100%	—	—
Any education or training	70%	—	—

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

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

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

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 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.