The Village School
Grove Park, Kingsbury, London, NW9 0JY
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COMPASS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Karol Stelmaszczyk
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Brent East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 310
- Pupils on roll
- 306
- URN
- 146212
- Local authority
- Brent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03003030610
About this school
The Village School is a special academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 306 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 28 June 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 20 | 26 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Village School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Brent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 309 |
| 2023/24 | 323 |
| 2024/25 | 311 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.39%
- English as an additional language
- 66.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.96%
- Persistent absence
- 47.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brent River College0.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Southover Partnership School0.4 miles
Special schools · London
-
Bnos Beis Yaakov Primary School0.6 miles
Independent schools · London
-
North London Grammar School1.1 miles
Independent schools · London
-
Northgate School1.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Edgware
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Common questions
- What year groups does The Village School teach?
- The Village School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of The Village School?
- The headteacher of The Village School is Mr Karol Stelmaszczyk, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Village School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Village School, 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 Village School?
- The Village School has 306 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is The Village School full?
- The Village School has capacity for 310 pupils and 306 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Village School a faith school?
- No. The Village School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Village School?
- The Village School is part of COMPASS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Village School have?
- The schools register lists The Village School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Village School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Village School's absence rate?
- The Village School's overall absence rate is 14% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Village School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Village School'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.