Westminster City School is a secondary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/01/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: 55 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HJ
Website: http://www.wcsch.com/
Telephone: 02079636300
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Westminster
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Peter Broughton
Religious character: Christian
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138312

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/01/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Boys
School Capacity: 890
Number of Pupils: 795
Number of Boys: 744
Number of Girls: 51

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.07 Confidence interval -0.32 to 0.17
Of the 109 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 105 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:38%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:41%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.16
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tachbrook Nursery School
Aylesford Street , SW1V 3RT
3out of 4 1,461 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre
1 Gundulf Street , SE11 6BG
4out of 4 2,244 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Chelsea Open Air Nursery School
51 Glebe Place , Chelsea SW3 5JE
4out of 4 2,770 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Morpeth Terrace , SW1P 1EP
3out of 4 275 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School
Rochester Street , SW1P 2QQ
3out of 4 451 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Matthew's School, Westminster
18 Old Pye Street , Westminster SW1P 2DG
3out of 4 607 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School
Lower Belgrave Street , SW1W 0NL
4out of 4 631 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Millbank Academy
Millbank Academy , SW1P 4HR
4out of 4 1,028 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Westminster City School
55 Palace Street , SW1E 5HJ
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Boys More About School
The Grey Coat Hospital
Greycoat Place , SW1P 2DY
4out of 4 417 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
Pimlico Academy
Lupus Street , Pimlico SW1V 3AT
4out of 4 1,197 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sir Simon Milton Westminster University Technical College
1 Sutherland Street , SW1V 4LD
- not rated 1,238 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Saint Thomas More Language College
Cadogan Street , SW3 2QS
4out of 4 1,850 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Steel House, 11 Tothill Street , Westminster SW1H 9LH
- not rated 628 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
The Marine Society College of the Sea
200b Lambeth Road , SE1 7JY
- not rated 1,739 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
King's College London Maths School
80 Kennington Road , SE11 6NJ
- not rated 2,063 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
Morley College
61 Westminster Bridge Road , Waterloo SE1 7HT
- not rated 2,201 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
City Lit
Keeley Street , Covent Garden WC2B 4BA
- not rated 2,507 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Ambrosden Avenue , SW1P 1QH
- not rated 224 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Eaton Square School
79 Eccleston Square , SW1V 1PP
- not rated 679 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Westminster Abbey Choir School
Dean's Yard , SW1P 3NY
- not rated 722 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Westminster Under School
Adrian House , 27 Vincent Square SW1P 2NN
- not rated 842 yd Other independent school Not Applicable Boys More About School
Westminster School
Little Dean's Yard , SW1P 3PF
- not rated 846 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.