SIAL
SIAL is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 14. It has 82 pupils and room for 160.
154-156 Holland Park Avenue, London, W11 4UH020 7603 5353sial.schoolMs Alessia Sbicca headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kensington and Chelsea council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 36 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 82 | 89 | 82 | 77 | 63 | 53 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 19% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norland Place School | Independent | 50 m | 237 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School | Academy | 250 m | 1,034 | Report card 2026 | 96 | Compare |
| St Clement and St James CofE Primary School | Church of England | 340 m | 123 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| Avondale Park Primary School | Council | 540 m | 288 | Good 2023 | 42 | Compare |
| St Anne's & Avondale Park Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 540 m | 40 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| The Stewart Bilingual School | Independent | 580 m | 73 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holland Park School | Academy | 740 m | 1,376 | Report card 2026 | 89 | Compare |
| Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 800 m | 194 | No overall grade 2024 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is SIAL a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score SIAL yet.
How many pupils does SIAL have?
82 pupils aged 2 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 160 places, so it is 51% full.
What do parents say about SIAL?
97% of the 36 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 94% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 154-156 Holland Park Avenue, London, W11 4UH
- Telephone
- 020 7603 5353
- Website
- sial.school
- Headteacher
- Ms Alessia Sbicca
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-14, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Ward
- Norland
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 16 May 2011 (new provision)
- URN
- 136747 · LAESTAB 2076000 · UKPRN 10070601
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.