An FoI request has revealed secondary school vacancies in Ark Elvin Academy, Newman Catholic College and Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College. Crest Academy and Ark Elvin are more popular than in previous years and the controversial Michaela Academy Free School has a large waiting list. No secondary child is without a school place although the waiting lists show that many would like to transfer to other schools. All Brent secondary schools are now academies or religious schools, none are under the control of the local authority.
The figures are for the January 2018 'in year' census and will have changed to some extent since then. There are plans for a new secondary school in North Brent as the previous primary bulge pupils move into the secondary phase.
The figures are for the January 2018 'in year' census and will have changed to some extent since then. There are plans for a new secondary school in North Brent as the previous primary bulge pupils move into the secondary phase.
| School Name | Round | Vacancies (unfilled places) | Waiting List |
| Alperton Community School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 3 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 6 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 0 | |
| Ark Academy | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 4 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| Ark Elvin Academy | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 9 | 0 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 32 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 52 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 25 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 16 | 0 | |
| Capital City Academy | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 2 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 19 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 21 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 1 | 10 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 17 | |
| Claremont High School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 24 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 1 | 33 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 30 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 20 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 5 | 11 | |
| Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 22 | 0 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 10 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 9 | 0 | |
| JFS | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 6 | 0 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 14 | 0 | |
| Kingsbury High School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 27 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 32 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 1 | 30 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 1 | 20 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 6 | 18 | |
| Michaela Community School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 47 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 48 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 29 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 2 | 19 | |
| Newman Catholic College | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 46 | 0 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 7 | 4 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 26 | 5 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| Preston Manor School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 19 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 1 | 10 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 2 | 4 | |
| Queens Park Community School | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 17 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 26 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 16 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 17 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 16 | |
| St Gregorys Catholic Science College | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 9 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 17 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 2 | 14 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 9 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 7 | |
| The Crest Academy | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 10 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 20 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 32 | 25 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 15 | 17 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 6 | 15 | |
| Wembley High Technology College | 2017-18 Y07 In Year | 0 | 6 |
| 2017-18 Y08 In Year | 0 | 5 | |
| 2017-18 Y09 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y10 In Year | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 Y11 In Year | 0 | 0 |