Secondary
Bolder Academy
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 909 of 1260 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BOLDER ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 84.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 919
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
41%
9 points below the Isleworth average (50% across 5 schools)
45.6
3.3 below the Isleworth average (48.9 across 5 schools)
4th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Isleworth we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.13 |
| A level students | 32 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.30 |
| 23/24 | +0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50.6 |
| 23/24 | 49.3 |
| 24/25 | 45.6 |
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hounslow admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andy De Angelis
- Address
- 1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
- Telephone
- 02039630806