Gateway Academy

About Gateway Academy

Gateway Academy sits within the Westminster local authority, a London borough with 34 primary schools, ten of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 28th out of those 34, placing it in the bottom half of the local league table. Its top-performing neighbours include Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School and St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School, both of which achieved a perfect ranking score of 100, and Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School, which scored 92 and is also the nearest Outstanding-rated school, just 0.6 kilometres away. Gateway Academy is a mixed, state primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has a non-religious character and is led by co-headteachers Lisa Breslin and Claire Cleary. The school is significantly oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 90 applications for 48 places, with 46 of those coming as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.88.

Academically, Gateway Academy’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022 rated it Good overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes. Leadership and management, along with the quality of education, were both judged Good. This represents a change from its previous inspection in 2008, when the school was rated Outstanding overall. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Westminster local authority average of 74%. The school’s ranking on this metric places it in the bottom 50% nationally. Individual subject scores show 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 105, while 65% did so in reading and 60% in writing. The proportion reaching the higher standard was notably lower: 4% across all three subjects, 23% in maths, 21% in reading and 5% in writing.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, a gymnasium and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, gymnastics, netball, rounders and tennis, while clubs cover drama, film club and choir. Gateway Academy has a substantial SEND provision, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 49.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average economic disadvantage. Its capacity of 710 places is not fully used — there are 527 pupils on roll — but the high oversubscription rate suggests strong local demand. This school will suit families who value a Good-rated, inclusive primary with strong early years and pastoral care, and who are comfortable with results that sit below the borough average.

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