Bolder Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Hounslow
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 07/12/2022
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.1%
17.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
909
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,260 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
126 of 128 families who put it first got an offer
173
Places offered
537
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 128 | 126 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 85 | 14 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 110 | 21 | ● 19% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 214 | 12 | ● 6% |
| Total | 537 | 173 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Hounslow lets families list 6 preferences. 44 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Andy De Angelis
- Address
- 1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
- Phone
- 02039630806
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Ward / constituency
- Osterley & Spring Grove · Brentford and Isleworth
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145866
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 29% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 38% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BOLDER ACADEMY TRUST
909 pupils · 1,260 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
07 December 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 918 pupils
Attendance
93.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.36 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.53 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 61.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 45% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.25 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 169 | — |
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.
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 | 37.13 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 32 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 167 | 12% | 48% | 70% | |
| Mathematics | 166 | 17% | 48% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 163 | 12% | 54% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 121 | 9% | 40% | 59% | |
| History | 86 | 26% | 57% | 71% | |
| Geography | 81 | 15% | 36% | 53% | |
| Art and Design | 69 | 17% | 49% | 77% | |
| Computer Science | 58 | 12% | 33% | 47% | |
| Religious Studies | 52 | 10% | 46% | 67% | |
| Physical Education | 46 | 2% | 11% | 20% | |
| Spanish | 45 | 38% | 64% | 82% | |
| Biology | 43 | 58% | 91% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 17 | 12% | 29% | 65% | |
| Biology | 10 | 10% | 20% | 40% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 13% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 13% | 50% | 88% | |
| Physics | 7 | 14% | 43% | 86% | |
| Geography | 7 | 0% | 0% | 43% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 0% | 0% | 71% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Arabic | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 20831: Bolder Academy
| 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.
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 Hounslow council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer 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.