Schools in Kensington and Chelsea
71 schools in the Kensington and Chelsea local authority.
Schools
71
Open schools
Pupils
23,369
2025–26 census
Good or better
91%
42 of 46 graded
Academic Performance
6.7
out of 10 · 50 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 17 37%
- Good
- 25 54%
- Requires improvement
- 1 2%
- Inadequate
- 3 7%
3 inspected since 2024, no overall grade6 superseded by a report card22 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
6.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 50 of 71 schools that can be scored
Pupils
23,369
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
38%Asian
5%Black
17%Mixed
19%Chinese
<1%Any other group
15%Unclassified
4%Ethnicity from 38 of 71 schools (12,961 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 36.1%
- First language not English
- 44.3%
- Young carers
- <1%
4,710 of 13,049 pupils · 39 of 71 schools
5,739 of 12,961 pupils · 38 of 71 schools
58 of 12,768 pupils · 35 of 71 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 8
- All-through
- 5
- Special
- 3
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 12
Top primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Fox Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Oratory Roman Catholic Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Thomas Jones Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 4.Colville Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 6.Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.Servite RC Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 8.Kensington Primary AcademyKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 9.Bousfield Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.0/10Good
- 10.Park Walk Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.0/10Good
- 11.Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary9.0/10
- 12.Marlborough Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary8.9/10
- 13.St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary8.9/10Good
- 14.St Mary Abbots CofE Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary8.9/10Good
- 15.St Charles Catholic Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary8.5/10Good
- 16.St Thomas' CofE Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary6.5/10
- 17.Ashburnham Community SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary5.8/10
- 18.Our Lady of Victories RC Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary5.5/10Good
- 19.Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary3.6/10Good
- 20.Oxford Gardens Primary SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Primary3.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Kensington Aldridge AcademyKensington and Chelsea · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.All Saints Catholic CollegeKensington and Chelsea · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 4.Chelsea AcademyKensington and Chelsea · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 5.St. Thomas More Language CollegeKensington and Chelsea · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 6.Holland Park SchoolKensington and Chelsea · Secondary2.1/10Inadequate
Browse all 71 schools in Kensington and Chelsea — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Kensington and Chelsea
- How many schools are there in Kensington and Chelsea?
- Kensington and Chelsea has 71 open schools — 39 primary, 8 secondary, 3 special, 3 nursery, teaching 23,369 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Kensington and Chelsea are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 42 of the 46 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 17 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 71: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Kensington and Chelsea?
- 6.7 out of 10, averaged across the 50 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 Kensington and Chelsea schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 25 schools in Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea 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. Kensington and Chelsea covers 71 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 Kensington and Chelsea are eligible for free school meals?
- 36.1% — 4,710 of 13,049 pupils at the 39 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.