Ada Lovelace Church of England High School

Term dates

Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Ealing council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Ealing's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 305 families put this school as their first choice, and 199 places were offered. 160 of the families who put it first got a place (52%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 11 January 2023. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1089 (capacity 1210)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of London

Academy trust

TWYFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

02035400200

Address

Park View Road, Ealing, London, W5 2JX

Website

adalovelace.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports