Paddington Academy

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Paddington Academy
Address
Paddington Academy
50 Marylands Road

London
,
W9 2DR

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoThe best in everyone
Established1 September 2006 (2006-09-01) [1]
Local authority City of Westminster
Specialists Media and Performing Arts
Business and Enterprise
Department for Education URN 130912 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalsKatie Gillam and Peter Jones
GenderMixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1235
Colour(s)   
Navy, Blue & White
Website https://www.paddington-academy.org/

Paddington Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school and academy located in Maida Vale in the borough of Westminster and the ceremonial county of London, England. [1] Established in September 2006, it is run by United Learning, formerly known as United Church Schools Trust. [2] [3] It was officially opened by The Princess Royal on 19 March 2009 at 9 am. [4]

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History

Paddington Academy opened in September 2006 as one of two new academies (along with Westminster Academy) established to replace North Westminster Community School. The initial plan was moving school to an older building located on North Wharf Road for its first term and then moving into a new building located on Maryland's Road. However, work on the new building was delayed multiple times, forcing the school to stay at North Wharf Road for a year before finally moving to the new and current site in April 2007. [5] [6]

Academics

Ofsted judgements

In the academy's first Ofsted report in 2007, it was described as "an academy that rightly judges that standards remain low and that achievement is inadequate." [7]

The academy's second Ofsted report and first full inspection in 2009 showed that while there was an improvement in the grades of students, there was a lack of consistency within the subjects. However, overall the school was described as "[an] academy which provides a satisfactory quality of education." [8]

In November 2011, the academy was judged as Outstanding by Ofsted. [9]

GCSE results

In 2007, GCSE results showed that only 25% of students managed to get 5 or more A*–C grades including English and Maths. The following year, that figure increased to 41%. Then in 2009, it fell to 34%. [10] However, in 2010 the number of students achieving 5 or more A*–C GCSE grades including English and Maths jumped to 62% and in total, 94% of students managed to achieve 5 or more A*–C grades, up from 86% the year before. As of 2011, the results show that figure has managed to rise again to 68% with a total of 99% of students managing to achieve 5 or more A*–C GCSEs, a 5% increase from the prior year. [11]

In 2010, Paddington Academy became the second most improved academy in England, was ranked the 5th best school in the country and was ranked 2nd for the most student progress. [12] As of 2011, it received the 3rd highest number of students receiving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs in Westminster and was ranked the 4th best school in England. [11]

In August 2018 at GCSE level 80% of students at the academy gained at least a grade 4 in English and Maths. In addition, 60 of the grades gained by students were grade 9s, which is the highest attainable grade at GCSE and was achieved by only 3% of students nationally. [13] [ better source needed ]

At A Level, 32% of grades were awarded the highest marks of A* or A, 66% of A Level grades were awarded A*-B; 90% of grades were awarded A*-C and ten students gained at least 3+ A grades at A Level (7% of the cohort). [14] [ better source needed ]

The school achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.94 in October 2019 which placed the academy in the top 1% of schools nationally. [15] [16]

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  3. ↑ "Academy Information". Paddington Academy. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Princess Anne opens Paddington Academy". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Mason, Paul (6 November 2006). "A "last year education" for Academy school?". BBC . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "United Church Schools Trust, registered charity no. 1016538". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  7. ↑ "Paddington Academy". Ofsted . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Paddington Academy Inspection Report". Ofsted . Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team. (5 November 2010). "Find an inspection report". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Anti Academies Alliance" (PDF). AntiAcademies. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  11. 1 2 Loeb, Josh (26 August 2011). "Students at Paddington Academy celebrate GSCE results". West End Extra. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Paddington Success Nationally". Paddington Academy. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "STUDENTS BREAK SCHOOL GCSE RECORDS!". Paddington Academy. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "PADDINGTON ACADEMY STUDENTS CELEBRATE BRILLIANT A LEVEL RESULTS". Paddington Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Paddington Academy - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "PADDINGTON ACADEMY AMONGST BEST FOR PROGRESS". Paddington Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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