Harris Westminster Sixth Form

Free schools 16 to 19 · Mixed · ages 16–19 · with sixth formWestminster, London SW1Hschool website

Two in three students go on to university — nearly double the England rate.

Where this school leads
71%

of 16–18 leavers started university · Westminster 42% · England 37% · DfE destination measures, students who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Harris Westminster Sixth Form: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 20%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 8%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 18%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
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Students
610
Free school meals
0.0%

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Students: of 600 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

70%went to one of the most selective universities
This school70%
Westminster30%
England19%

DfE 16–18 destination measures · 292 students who left in 2023

71% went to university (England 37%). 4% started an apprenticeship (England 7%). 7% went into work and 9% had no steady place a year on (England 28% and 16%).

Most selective universities — the third of UK universities whose entrants hold the highest grades; the share is of students who completed level 3 qualifications.

Full breakdown7
MeasureThis schoolWestminsterEngland
Students in the cohort2923,061541,441
Any sustained destination85%76%79%
University (higher education)71%42%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students70%30%19%
Further education1%11%5%
Apprenticeship4%3%7%
Employment7%19%28%
No sustained destination9%16%16%
Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say3

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol20251079617
202412210117
20231067511

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

22.83%of the A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,259 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

At A level it is Further Mathematics: 29% of students (England 5%).

Mathematics & Statistics20%
Transversal Skills18%
Natural Sciences11%
Business & Administration8%
Green & Sustainability5%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

A level subjects20

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics21972%31%
Chemistry11337%17%
Biology10635%20%
Physics9631%12%
Economics8829%13%
Further Mathematics8829%5%
English Literature7525%11%
History6722%13%
Politics5117%6%
Philosophy5016%1%
Spanish258%2%
History of Art196%0%
French176%1%
Fine Art124%3%
German——0%
Music——0%
Latin——0%
Russian——0%
Turkish——0%
Drama——2%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses2
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)6521%—
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3176%—
A level results8
MeasureThis schoolWestminsterEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study619——
— of whom A level students3061,427261,341
Average A level gradeB+B-B-
Average points per A level entry44.5437.8835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects51%24%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages11
Mathematics & Statistics17%
Transversal Skills15%
Natural Sciences9%
Business & Administration8%
Green & Sustainability4%
Arts & Humanities4%
Law & Public Administration3%
Social & Cultural Skills2%
Language & Communication2%
Health & Safety0%
Digital & ICT Skills0%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

mathematical model 8.4graph 7.7vector 6.7differential equation 4.7integration 4.6trigonometric identity 3.6exponential function 3.6numerical method 2.9gradient 2.9differentiation 2.7series 2.6si unit 2.5trigonometric function 2.4domain 2.3range 2.3inequality 2.1limitation 2.1inverse function 2.1tangent 2.1binomial expansion 2.1sequence 2.1force 2.1point of inflection 2.1standard deviation 2.1

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses accuracy, assumption, approximation from Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Electro-mechanical engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses kinematics, integration, equilibrium from Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: electrical engineer, electromechanical engineer, instrumentation engineer
Aerospace engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses kinematics, integration, friction from Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: aerodynamics engineer, aerospace engineer, aircraft maintenance technician
More apprenticeships9
Engineer surveyorLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses si unit, trigonometric identity, exponential function from Mathematics, Physics · jobs: electrical equipment inspector, process engineering technician, punch press operator
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses data presentation, graph, chromatography from Biology, Chemistry, Economics and 1 more · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses outlier, data distribution, standard deviation from Mathematics · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Professional economist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses marginal analysis, inflation, trade policy from Economics · jobs: business economics researcher, economist, economic policy officer
Biomedical scientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data presentation, accuracy, si unit from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: biomedical scientist, specialist biomedical scientist, biomedical scientist advanced
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, abstraction, ratio from Economics, Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Manufacturing engineer (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses data presentation, mechanics, force from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, industrial engineer, production engineer
Improvement practitionerLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses central tendency, normal distribution, data distribution from Mathematics · jobs: environmental engineer, civil engineer, health safety and environmental manager
Senior professional economistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses perform data cleansing, accuracy, opportunity cost from Economics, Mathematics · jobs: economist, economic adviser, business economics researcher
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Admission is by application to the provider, usually against GCSE grades for each course; there is no distance rule.

  1. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly; most close applications in these months
  2. AugGCSE results day: places are confirmed against the entry grades
Westminster

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.