Bolder Academy
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BOLDER ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andy De Angelis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Pupils on roll
- 909
- URN
- 145866
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02039630806
About this school
Bolder Academy is a secondary academy in Isleworth. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 909 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 178 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | 49.3 | 45.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.30 +0.05 to +0.54 | +0.36 +0.13 to +0.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 44.4% | 40.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 70.2% | 61.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 65% | 46.1% | 45% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.5 | 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 Bolder 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 | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.6 | 45.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.3 | 48.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 844 |
| 2023/24 | 919 |
| 2024/25 | 955 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bolder Academy compares
Bolder Academy ranked 15th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.6 | 6.9% | 31.8% | 909 | — |
| The Green School for Girls | 52.5 | 8.2% | 30.3% | 872 | 0.7 miles |
| Isleworth and Syon School for Boys | 43.1 | 7.6% | 27.7% | 951 | 0.7 miles |
| Gunnersbury Catholic School | 63.5 | 5.5% | 18.5% | 1,248 | 0.8 miles |
| The Green School for Boys | 47.1 | 9.1% | 34.1% | 721 | 0.8 miles |
| Elthorne Park High School | 57.2 | 5.8% | 22.2% | 1,603 | 0.8 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)
- 31.77%
- English as an additional language
- 36.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.89%
- Persistent absence
- 17.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Green School for Girls0.7 miles
Secondary · Isleworth
-
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys0.7 miles
Secondary · Isleworth
-
Gunnersbury Catholic School0.8 miles
Secondary · Brentford
-
The Green School for Boys0.8 miles
Secondary · Isleworth
-
Elthorne Park High School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Isleworth
Bolder Academy ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Isleworth.
- Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ Secondary
- Isleworth and Syon School for Boys Secondary
- The Green School for Boys Secondary
- The Green School for Girls Secondary
- Isleworth Town Primary School Primary
- Ivybridge Primary School Primary
- Marlborough Primary School Primary
- Spring Grove Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Isleworth Primary
- The Blue School CofE Primary Primary
- The Smallberry Green Primary School Primary
- Worple Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bolder Academy teach?
- Bolder Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Isleworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Bolder Academy?
- The headteacher of Bolder Academy is Mr Andy De Angelis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bolder Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bolder 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 Bolder Academy?
- Bolder Academy has 909 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bolder Academy full?
- Bolder Academy has capacity for 1,260 pupils and 909 on roll (72%), 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 Bolder Academy a faith school?
- No. Bolder Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bolder Academy a selective school?
- No. Bolder Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bolder Academy?
- Bolder Academy is part of BOLDER ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bolder Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.6 in 2022/23 and 45.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bolder Academy rank locally?
- Bolder Academy ranked 15th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bolder Academy's absence rate?
- Bolder Academy's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bolder Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bolder 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 10 July 2026.