The UCL Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Camden
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Camden · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The UCL Academy is a secondary school in Camden for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Camden has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
The UCL 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place for 2026, as at 6 of the 9 other Camden secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 136 Year 7 offers, against a published admission number of 192 places for that year.
- Of 399 Year 7 applications for 2026, 141 (35%) came from families living outside Camden, and 42 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Camden schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Adelaide Road, Swiss Cottage, Camden, NW3 3AQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Camden
- Pupils on roll
- 972 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “The school has high aspirations for pupils’ academic achievement, including pupils for with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The ambitious curriculum is broad and balanced.”
To improve
- “On occasion, however, this is not the case, and some pupils lose focus.”
- “Leaders recognise that there is still more work to do in embedding their much higher expectations of pupil behaviour.”
- “On occasion, however, and across subjects, teachers do not check precisely enough what pupils have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 2024 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.9 | 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 Year 7 entry: 63 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 63 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 Camden.
- Haverstock School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Ellis School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parliament Hill School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Camden School for Girls 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Acland Burghley School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Regent High School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hampstead School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published