Ernest Bevin Academy
Beechcroft Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Damola ADEMOLAKE
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Tooting
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 572
- URN
- 149543
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086728582
About this school
Ernest Bevin Academy is a boys' secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 572 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 101 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.5 | 44.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.59 +0.37 to +0.82 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59.1% | 44.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 74.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 63.4% | 53.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 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 Ernest Bevin 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 | Wandsworth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 38.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.5 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.6 | 38 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 765 |
| 2024/25 | 643 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ernest Bevin Academy compares
Ernest Bevin Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in Wandsworth for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.6 | 8.7% | 46.5% | 572 | — |
| Burntwood School | 49.4 | 8.2% | 37% | 1,462 | 0.5 miles |
| Chestnut Grove Academy | 55.1 | 7.1% | 28.8% | 1,327 | 0.7 miles |
| Graveney School | 63.9 | 6.8% | 17.6% | 2,332 | 1.2 miles |
| Ark Bolingbroke Academy | 60.2 | 6.4% | 32.9% | 793 | 1.3 miles |
| La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School | 48.8 | 5.6% | 45.4% | 1,197 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 7 June 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.48%
- English as an additional language
- 65.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.73%
- Persistent absence
- 21.31%
Location
Nearby schools
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Burntwood School0.5 miles
Secondary · London
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Chestnut Grove Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · London
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Graveney School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
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Ark Bolingbroke Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · London
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La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Ernest Bevin Academy ranks 200th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ernest Bevin Academy teach?
- Ernest Bevin Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Ernest Bevin Academy?
- The headteacher of Ernest Bevin Academy is Mr Damola ADEMOLAKE, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ernest Bevin Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ernest Bevin 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 Ernest Bevin Academy?
- Ernest Bevin Academy has 572 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Ernest Bevin Academy full?
- Ernest Bevin Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 572 on roll (64%), 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 Ernest Bevin Academy a faith school?
- No. Ernest Bevin Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Ernest Bevin Academy a selective school?
- No. Ernest Bevin Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ernest Bevin Academy?
- Ernest Bevin Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ernest Bevin Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.5 in 2023/24 and 44.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ernest Bevin Academy rank locally?
- Ernest Bevin Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in Wandsworth for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ernest Bevin Academy's absence rate?
- Ernest Bevin Academy's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ernest Bevin Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ernest Bevin 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.