Schools in Brent
102 schools in the Brent local authority.
Schools
102
Open schools
Pupils
49,165
2025–26 census
Good or better
94%
81 of 86 graded
Academic Performance
5.9
out of 10 · 94 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 17 20%
- Good
- 64 74%
- Requires improvement
- 3 3%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
3 inspected since 2024, no overall grade7 superseded by a report card13 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
5.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 94 of 102 schools that can be scored
Pupils
49,165
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 100 of 102 schools (49,165 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
25%Asian
31%Black
17%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
16%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 86 of 102 schools (47,438 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.7%
- First language not English
- 64.0%
- Young carers
- <1%
12,674 of 47,438 pupils · 86 of 102 schools
30,377 of 47,438 pupils · 86 of 102 schools
164 of 47,148 pupils · 82 of 102 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 62
- Secondary
- 16
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 7
- Nursery
- 4
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 9
Top primary schools in Brent
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.East Lane Primary SchoolBrent · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolBrent · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Our Lady of Grace Catholic Junior SchoolBrent · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary SchoolBrent · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Convent of Jesus and Mary RC Infant SchoolBrent · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery SchoolBrent · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Ark Franklin Primary AcademyBrent · Primary9.0/10Good
- 8.St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolBrent · Primary8.9/10Good
- 9.North West London Jewish Day SchoolBrent · Primary8.8/10Good
- 10.Sinai Jewish Primary SchoolBrent · Primary8.4/10
- 11.Princess Frederica CofE Primary SchoolBrent · Primary8.3/10Good
- 12.Wembley Primary SchoolBrent · Primary8.2/10
- 13.Islamia Primary SchoolBrent · Primary8.0/10Good
- 14.Salusbury Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.7/10
- 15.Braintcroft E-ACT Primary AcademyBrent · Primary7.6/10Good
- 16.Sudbury Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.6/10Good
- 17.Barham Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.5/10Good
- 18.Uxendon Manor Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.5/10Good
- 19.Park Lane Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.4/10Good
- 20.Kingsbury Green Primary SchoolBrent · Primary7.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in Brent
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Michaela Community SchoolBrent · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Wembley High Technology CollegeBrent · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.St Gregory's Catholic Science CollegeBrent · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Ark AcademyBrent · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.Ark Elvin AcademyBrent · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.JFSBrent · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 7.Claremont High SchoolBrent · Secondary8.6/10
- 8.Queens Park Community SchoolBrent · Secondary8.0/10
- 9.Alperton Community SchoolBrent · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 10.Kingsbury High SchoolBrent · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 11.Preston Manor SchoolBrent · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 12.North Brent SchoolBrent · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 13.Saint Claudine's Catholic School for GirlsBrent · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 14.Harris Lowe Academy WillesdenBrent · Secondary3.6/10
- 15.E-ACT Crest AcademyBrent · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 16.Newman Catholic CollegeBrent · Secondary1.4/10Good
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About schools in Brent
- How many schools are there in Brent?
- Brent has 102 open schools — 62 primary, 16 secondary, 7 special, 4 nursery, teaching 49,165 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Brent are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 81 of the 86 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 17 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 102: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Brent?
- 5.9 out of 10, averaged across the 94 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Brent schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 16 schools in Brent currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Brent local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Brent covers 102 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Brent are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.7% — 12,674 of 47,438 pupils at the 86 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.