Westminster City School | School performance

73%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

50%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

22%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

388.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

800

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

23%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

50%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

22%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

388.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

800

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

23%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

50%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

52.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

22%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

388.2

EBacc APS · 2024/25

800

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

23%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 23/03/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWestminster

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.9:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterChristian

StatusOpen

Overview of Westminster City School · Secondary with sixth form · Westminster

Part ofWESTMINSTER CITY SCHOOL

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

73%

-1pp

81%73%65%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 73%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

50%

-1pp

59%50%41%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

Attainment 8

52.1

+1.4

53.150.848.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 52.1

EBacc entry

22%

-4pp

38%30%22%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 22%

EBacc APS

388.2

-102.2

638.4513.3388.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 388.2

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

38.1

+2.0

38.132.627.1

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 38.1

A-level value added

+0.07

+0.30.0-0.3

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

14%

+5pp

14%11%8%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 14%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C-

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

800

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

34%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

11%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

23%

Contact

Address

55 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HJ

Local authority

Westminster

Website

http://www.wcsch.com/

Telephone

02079636300

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	73%	50%	52.1	Not applicable	22%	388.2	22%	800
2023/24	75%	51%	50.7	+0.09	26%	490.4	26%	784
2022/23	73%	59%	52.7	+0.37	31%	530.5	32%	772
2021/22	81%	59%	53.1	+0.03	22%	638.4	25%	782
2018/19	65%	41%	48.4	-0.07	38%	453.2	38%	797
2017/18	51%	22%	43.3	-0.48	37%	447.7	41%	784
2016/17	59%	48%	48.2	-0.03	25%	—	28%	774

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	38.1	B-	+0.07	14%	146
2023/24	36.1	B-	+0.05	9%	145
2022/23	34.5	C+	—	13%	112
2021/22	34.9	C+	—	11%	86
2018/19	27.1	C-	-0.26	8%	78
2017/18	36.2	B-	+0.26	17%	68
2016/17	33.4	C+	+0.08	20%	62

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	800	14.8	11%	34%	45%	8%	23%
2023/24	784	15.1	13%	33%	44%	8%	25%
2022/23	772	14.6	15%	37%	42%	9%	34%
2021/22	782	15.7	11%	34%	39%	9%	28%
2020/21	795	14.3	11%	39%	30%	—	—
2018/19	797	15.5	13%	44%	43%	5%	9%
2017/18	784	15.5	16%	41%	48%	5%	11%
2016/17	774	14.7	15%	47%	48%	5%	15%