# Schools in Kensington and Chelsea 32 schools with published admissions figures "1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held. ## How the 2026 round went Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows. ### Primary For September 2026, 75.4% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 90.7% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 7.2 points higher than in 2016, when it was 68.3%. The council's primary schools between them had 900 places for 582 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ### Secondary For September 2026, 66.8% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 87.9% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 8.1 points higher than in 2016, when it was 58.6%. The council's secondary schools between them had 1,110 places for 602 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ## If a family is refused a place In 2026, families in Kensington and Chelsea lodged 46 appeals about a school place. 44 of them were heard by a panel and 5 succeeded, which is about 11 in every 100 heard. The other 2 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first. This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal. Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged. ## Schools here running specialist SEN provision 7 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school. | School | Phase | What it runs | |---|---|---| | [Ark Brunel Primary Academy, London](/school/139645/ark-brunel-primary-academy) | primary | Resourced provision | | [Barlby Primary School, London](/school/100478/barlby-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit | | [Marlborough Primary School, London](/school/100483/marlborough-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision | | [Oxford Gardens Primary School, London](/school/100485/oxford-gardens-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit | | [All Saints Catholic College, London](/school/100503/all-saints-catholic-college) | secondary | Resourced provision | | [Chelsea Academy, London](/school/135531/chelsea-academy) | secondary | Resourced provision | | [Kensington Aldridge Academy, London](/school/140212/kensington-aldridge-academy) | secondary | Resourced provision | This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England. ## Primary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Ark Brunel Primary Academy (London)](/school/139645/ark-brunel-primary-academy) | 0.91 | Good | | [Ashburnham Community School (London)](/school/100477/ashburnham-community-school) | 0.65 | Not judged | | [Avondale Park Primary School (London)](/school/100487/avondale-park-primary-school) | 0.90 | Good | | [Barlby Primary School (London)](/school/100478/barlby-primary-school) | 0.88 | Expected standard | | [Bevington Primary School (London)](/school/100479/bevington-primary-school) | 0.87 | Requires improvement | | [Bousfield Primary School (London)](/school/100480/bousfield-primary-school) | 1.31 | Good | | [Christ Church CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100489/christ-church-cofe-primary-school) | 2.07 | Outstanding | | [Colville Primary School (London)](/school/100481/colville-primary-school) | 0.77 | School remains Outstanding | | [Fox Primary School (London)](/school/100482/fox-primary-school) | 2.41 | Outstanding | | [Holy Trinity CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100490/holy-trinity-cofe-primary-school) | 0.90 | School remains Good | | [Kensington Primary Academy (London)](/school/140213/kensington-primary-academy) | 0.73 | Standards maintained | | [Marlborough Primary School (London)](/school/100483/marlborough-primary-school) | 0.80 | Not judged | | [Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School (London)](/school/100491/oratory-roman-catholic-primary-school) | 1.97 | Outstanding | | [Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School (London)](/school/151731/our-lady-of-victories-rc-primary-school) | 0.57 | Good | | [Oxford Gardens Primary School (London)](/school/100485/oxford-gardens-primary-school) | 0.90 | Good | | [Park Walk Primary School (London)](/school/100486/park-walk-primary-school) | 0.79 | Strong standard | | [Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (London)](/school/100494/saint-francis-of-assisi-catholic-primary-school) | 0.55 | Not judged | | [Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School (London)](/school/100499/saint-mary-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.89 | School remains Good | | [Servite RC Primary School (London)](/school/100500/servite-rc-primary-school) | 0.52 | Strong standard | | [St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100493/st-barnabas-and-st-philip-s-cofe-primary-school) | 0.80 | Good | | [St Charles Catholic Primary School (London)](/school/100505/st-charles-catholic-primary-school) | 0.73 | School remains Good | | [St Clement and St James CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100495/st-clement-and-st-james-cofe-primary-school) | 0.25 | Good | | [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (London)](/school/148438/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.07 | Outstanding | | [St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100497/st-mary-abbots-cofe-primary-school) | 0.23 | School remains Good | | [St Thomas' CofE Primary School (London)](/school/100492/st-thomas-cofe-primary-school) | 0.81 | Not judged | | [Thomas Jones Primary School (London)](/school/100488/thomas-jones-primary-school) | 2.38 | Outstanding | ## Secondary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [All Saints Catholic College (London)](/school/100503/all-saints-catholic-college) | 1.38 | Outstanding | | [Chelsea Academy (London)](/school/135531/chelsea-academy) | 0.64 | Good | | [Holland Park School (London)](/school/149632/holland-park-school) | 1.22 | Exceptional | | [Kensington Aldridge Academy (London)](/school/140212/kensington-aldridge-academy) | 0.89 | School remains Outstanding | | [St. Thomas More Language College (London)](/school/151008/st-thomas-more-language-college) | 0.34 | Good | | [The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (London)](/school/141931/the-cardinal-vaughan-memorial-rc-school) | 1.98 | Exceptional | Full page: /schools/kensington-and-chelsea Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.