Holland Park School
0.5 miles1,376 pupils · Attainment 8 59.4 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Independent · Senior · Kensington and Chelsea
Ashbourne College
Independent school · Ages 13 to 21 · Mixed · 223 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 13 to 21
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 223 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 300
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Kirby
- Address
- 17 Old Court Place, Kensington, London, W8 4PL
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Telephone
- 02079373858
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100537
- Website
- ashbournecollege.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 19 November 2024: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth-form provision
- Outstanding
Independent School Standards, checked 19 November 2024: All standards Met
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B+ · 2023/24: BBThis schoolB-Kensington and ChelseaB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 43.8 · 2023/24: 40.441.2This school37Kensington and Chelsea35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 45.1 · 2023/24: 41.241.5This school37Kensington and Chelsea35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 37% · 2023/24: 25%32%This school19%Kensington and Chelsea18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.460.38This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 116 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 25.5%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 48% / 52%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Kensington Park School
0.6 miles173 pupils · A level average B (2024/25) · £11,940 a term (2026-27)
Registration: closes in 34 days (13 Nov 2026)
Collingham
0.7 miles162 pupils · A level average C+ (2024/25) · £11,565 to £12,100 a term (2026-27)
Queen's Gate School
0.7 miles371 pupils · A level average A- (2024/25) · £10,231 to £11,336 a term (2026-27)
Registration: closes in 20 days (30 Oct 2026)
Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle
0.7 miles3,420 pupils · A level average B (2024/25)
Mander Portman Woodward School
0.8 miles524 pupils · A level average B- (2024/25) · £14,790 a term (2026-27)
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