Academic Outcomes
Our Mission - ‘Education is Success’ - is realised as students fulfil their potential and progress to their preferred destination.
Year 13 students typically achieve very well and have a choice of university offers with students progressing to elite universities and courses. In 2024, the pass rate for the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme reached 98%.
Year 11 students consistently make above average levels of progress (+0.43 Progress 8 in 2022 and +0.35 in 2023), leading to growing numbers progressing to International Baccalaureate programmes in our Sixth Form or to competitive courses at other providers. An above average proportion (72% in 2023, compared to ~67% nationally) of students achieve standard passes in Maths and English, allowing them to progress to Level 3 courses.
Sixth Form International Baccalaureate Programmes
In 2024, destinations for Year 13 students included Oxford, Imperial and UCL amongst other Russell Group universities as well as highly competitive apprenticeships, such as BNP Paribas. Internationally, students progressed to the Universities of California and Colorado.
Year 13 Progression |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Oxbridge |
1% |
3% |
5% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
|
Russell Group |
41% |
41% |
47% |
26% |
33% |
42% |
|
Other university |
54% |
49% |
40% |
56% |
53% |
44% |
|
Apprenticeship |
1% |
0% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
Employment |
1% |
2% |
2% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
|
Gap year |
2% |
5% |
4% |
14% |
8% |
11% |
The average score for students in the Diploma Programme has been well above the world average for some years and in 2023, for the first time, it surpassed the average in the UK, where the vast majority of students attend fee-paying schools. Completion rates and progress on our vocational Careers-related programme are well above national and local comparisons, with the most recent average grades of Distinction or better. In 2023 attainment was in the top 1% nationally.
Year 13 IB and BTEC Outcomes |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Diploma Programme pass rate | 95% | 97% | 88% | 98% |
|
Average points for students passing the IB Diploma out of 45 (global average): |
32 (30) |
36 (32) |
35 (30) |
33 |
|
Highest diploma points awarded to a candidate: |
42 |
42 |
45 |
44 |
|
Average grade for students passing the IB Diploma (out of 7): |
5.11 |
5.28 |
5.54 |
5.25 |
| Candidates achieving the Career-related Programme | 91% | 92% | 91% | 73% |
|
Average grade for students passing the IB CP : |
4.32 |
4.5 |
4.22 |
4.08 |
|
BTEC Average Grade |
DDD |
D*DD |
D*DD |
DDD |
Further information on Westminster Academy's key stage 5 performance across Department for Education performance measures is available here.
Year 11 Outcomes
2024 comparative outcomes data has been delayed by the Department for Education, but will appear here. In 2023, outcomes at Key Stage 4 broadly returned to levels seen in 2019, following years where assessment and grading was affected by the pandemic. Given the uneven impact on school and college performance data, the Government has advised that direct comparisons should not be made between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years.
Year 11 Attainment |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Progress 8 |
+0.36 |
+0.44 |
+0.35 |
|
Attainment 8 |
51.8 |
55.4 |
51.9 |
|
5+ in English and Maths |
55% |
65% |
56% |
|
4+ in English and Maths |
71% |
78% |
72% |
|
Students entered for EBacc |
63% |
92% |
96% |
|
EBacc average point score |
4.79 | 5.31 | 4.96 |
Further information on Westminster Academy's key stage 4 performance across Department for Education performance measures is available here.
The Department for Education 'compare school and college performance service' can be found here.