Westminster School
0.2 miles780 pupils · A level average A+ (2024/25) · £16,456 to £17,482 a term (2026-27)
State-funded · Sixth form · Westminster
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
16 to 19 free school · Ages 16 to 19 · Mixed · 610 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- 16 to 19 free school (state-funded)
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Ages
- 16 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 610 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 600
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Principal
- Mr James Handscombe
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION
- Address
- Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 9LH
- Borough
- Westminster
- Telephone
- 02037724555
- DfE reference (URN)
- 140939
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 85% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 71% |
| Progressing to further education | 1% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 4% |
| In sustained employment | 7% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 9% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 292 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Open days and tours
- Open evening · 16+Tuesday 13 October 2026
- Open evening · 16+Monday 2 November 2026
- Virtual open event · 16+ · 16:45Tuesday 24 November 2026, 16:45 to 17:45
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
Sixth-form places are applied for directly with the school or college, each on its own timetable. Offers are usually conditional on GCSE results.
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B · 2023/24: B+B+This schoolB-WestminsterB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 40.1 · 2023/24: 4444.5This school37.9Westminster35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 39.5 · 2023/24: 44.244.7This school37.9Westminster35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 32% · 2023/24: 48%51%This school24%Westminster18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: -0.17-0.10This 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 · 306 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 0% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 33.6%
- Receiving SEN support
- 8.6%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.2%
- Girls / boys
- 56% / 44%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
The Grey Coat Hospital
0.3 miles1,167 pupils · Attainment 8 66.6 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Westminster City School
0.4 miles790 pupils · Attainment 8 52.1 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
DLD College
0.7 miles306 pupils · A level average C+ (2024/25) · £6,208 to £11,940 a term (2026-27)
202 pupils · A level average B- (2024/25)
Pimlico Academy
0.8 miles1,079 pupils · Attainment 8 54.2 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Harris Westminster Sixth Form and King's College London Maths School0.9 miles apart
- Harris Westminster Sixth Form and Harris Clapham Sixth Form3.0 miles apart
- Harris Westminster Sixth Form and South Bank University Sixth Form3.0 miles apart
- Harris Westminster Sixth Form and Saint Francis Xavier College, Clapham3.4 miles apart