Chelsea Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · London, Kensington and Chelsea
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.083 miles
Community places · Published by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chelsea Academy is a secondary school in London, Kensington and Chelsea for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Kensington and Chelsea has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Chelsea 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.083 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 2.083 miles away, the longest of the 4 years.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 108 first-choice applications for 170 offers; 98 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, 336 of the 499 applications (67%) came from families living outside Kensington and Chelsea, and 109 offers went to them.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 53% (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 nearest secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kensington and Chelsea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lots Road, Chelsea, London, SW10 0AB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Pupils on roll
- 1,106 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s vision of ‘learning to flourish together’ is at the heart of everything that happens.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations.”
To improve
- “Although these pupils achieve well overall, some of these new approaches are not firmly embedded.”
- “Occasionally, activities are not adjusted well enough to meet pupils’ needs.”
- “This means that, sometimes, these pupils do not keep up with their learning as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 108 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 98 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kensington and Chelsea.
- St. Thomas More Language College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holland Park School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kensington Aldridge Academy 2.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published