Edith Kay Independent School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 14–19Brent NW10school website

A special school in Brent for ages 14–19: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
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Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Brent’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 20 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

1.0Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school1.0
Brent51.7
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 8 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Brent 54%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureEdith Kay Independent SchoolBrentEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.051.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%61%41%
EBacc average point score0.084.814.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—29%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—42.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—55.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—61%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

2.98%of the GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,611 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

Health & Safety5%
Green & Sustainability3%
Transversal Skills3%
Mathematics & Statistics3%
Natural Sciences2%

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

GCSE subjects2

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Biology113%23%—45%—
Mathematics113%88%—22%—
A level subjects3

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

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Photography——3%
Politics——6%
History——13%
Fields of knowledge, all stages6
Health & Safety4%
Green & Sustainability3%
Mathematics & Statistics3%
Transversal Skills3%
Natural Sciences2%
Engineering & Manufacturing1%

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

fraction 1.3ratio 0.9root 0.8percentage 0.8gradient 0.8equation 0.6estimation 0.5adaptation 0.5histogram 0.5photosynthesis rate 0.5power 0.5surd 0.5translation 0.5tangent 0.5direct proportion 0.5inverse proportion 0.5volume 0.5standard form 0.4surface area to volume ratio 0.4light intensity 0.4temperature 0.4percentage change 0.4pathogen 0.4ecosystem 0.4

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 probability, sampling, eukaryotic cell from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, precision, scale from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses prediction, correlation, hypothesis testing from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
More apprenticeships9
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses sex determination, horticulture, evolution from Biology · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
FloristLevel 2 (intermediate) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses osmosis, transpiration, competition from Biology
Wellbeing and holistic therapistLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · hair and beauty · uses circulatory system, nervous system, cancer from Biology · jobs: complementary therapist, massage therapist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, si unit, measurement from Biology, Mathematics
Clinical pharmacology scientist (integrated degree)Level 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses estimation, drug discovery, scientific method from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: specialist pharmacist, pharmacologist
Technician scientistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · health and science · uses trend, scientific theory, precision from Biology · jobs: scientific laboratory technician, bacteriology technician, analytical chemist
Biomedical scientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses reproducibility, experimental design, precision from Biology · jobs: biomedical scientist, specialist biomedical scientist, biomedical scientist advanced
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses sampling, antibody, aseptic technique from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Professional arboriculturistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses biotic factor, biodiversity, biosecurity from Biology, Mathematics · jobs: arboriculturist, tree surgeon
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Brent, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Brent’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Brent

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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.