Alec Reed Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–19 · Northolt, Ealing
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Ealing Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
2025 figure 🔒
Alec Reed Academy is an all-through school in Northolt, Ealing for ages 3–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Alec Reed Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, every applicant was offered a place at both Reception and Year 7.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 34 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- At A level in 2024/25, the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bengarth Road, Northolt, UB5 5LQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 1,639 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are safe and happy.”
- “They work hard and they are well prepared to take the next steps in their education, employment or training.”
- “This starts in the early years where children in Nursery and Reception are very well prepared for Year 1.”
To improve
- “Pupils study a very broad curriculum, but some subjects in Years 7, 8 and 9 are not taught in the same depth as others.”
- “Sometimes pupils in the secondary phase do not move around the building as purposefully or as calmly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 August 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 34 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 43 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Ealing.
- John Chilton School 0.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Belvue School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Seva Education 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ealing Primary Centre 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Mandeville School 2.1 mi Standards maintained
- Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, London Welsh School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Castlebar School 2.7 mi Not judged