The UCL Academy
Adelaide Road, Camden, NW3 3AQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE UCL ACADEMY
- Co-Principal
- Andrea Pomphrey
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- University College London (UCL)
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Pupils on roll
- 972
- URN
- 137181
- Local authority
- Camden
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02074493080
About this school
The UCL Academy is a secondary academy in Camden. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 972 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 168 | 173 | 178 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | 46.6 | 45.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 -0.38 to +0.07 | -0.16 -0.38 to +0.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 49.7% | 46.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 66.5% | 60.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 65% | 57.2% | 60.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The UCL Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Camden average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47.4 | 42.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.6 | 43.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,171 |
| 2023/24 | 1,095 |
| 2024/25 | 1,015 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The UCL Academy compares
The UCL Academy ranked 6th of 10 secondary schools in Camden for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.9 | 11% | 51% | 972 | — |
| Harris Academy St John's Wood | 51 | 8.7% | 60.5% | 1,326 | 0.3 miles |
| Haverstock School | 41.5 | 13.3% | 75.9% | 878 | 0.8 miles |
| St George's Catholic School | 55.9 | 6.5% | 35.3% | 1,170 | 0.9 miles |
| St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High School | 44.3 | 10.3% | 60.6% | 953 | 1.0 miles |
| Paddington Academy | 61.6 | 4.7% | 51.4% | 1,256 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.03%
- English as an additional language
- 45.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.96%
- Persistent absence
- 34.36%
Location
Nearby schools
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Harris Academy St John's Wood0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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Haverstock School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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St George's Catholic School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
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St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Paddington Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · London
Common questions
- What year groups does The UCL Academy teach?
- The UCL Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Camden.
- Who is the co-principal of The UCL Academy?
- The co-principal of The UCL Academy is Andrea Pomphrey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The UCL Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The UCL Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The UCL Academy?
- The UCL Academy has 972 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The UCL Academy full?
- The UCL Academy has capacity for 1,150 pupils and 972 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The UCL Academy a faith school?
- No. The UCL Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The UCL Academy a selective school?
- No. The UCL Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The UCL Academy?
- The UCL Academy is part of THE UCL ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The UCL Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.4 in 2022/23 and 45.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The UCL Academy rank locally?
- The UCL Academy ranked 6th of 10 secondary schools in Camden for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The UCL Academy's absence rate?
- The UCL Academy's overall absence rate is 11% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The UCL Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The UCL Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.