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Swakeleys School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,404Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136631URN

Clifton Gardens, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 0EJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 below Hillingdon median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hillingdon

499 applications for 239 places · 14th of 18 in Hillingdon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
57.4of 90
2nd of 21 in Hillingdon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Hillingdon median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

499 applications · 239 places offered · 185 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Hillingdon median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.2; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.4; Hillingdon median median 2.8
  5. 2022 2.8; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.7; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.3; Hillingdon median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.4; Hillingdon median median 3.1
  9. 2018 2.9; Hillingdon median median 3.0
  10. 2017 4.0; Hillingdon median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.5; Hillingdon median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.2; Hillingdon median median 3.3
  13. 2014 2.9; Hillingdon median median 3.0
  • This school
  • Hillingdon median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262394992.11850.77
Sep 20252345122.21990.85
Sep 20242395422.32020.85
Sep 20232375562.42361.00
Sep 20222266272.82901.28
Sep 20212366382.72711.15
Sep 20202277483.33281.44
Sep 20192348053.43681.57
Sep 20182336752.92701.16
Sep 20171746944.02811.61
Sep 20161786233.52371.33
Sep 20151865903.22471.33
Sep 20141775142.91891.07

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

227 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.42nd of 21 in Hillingdon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths68%3rd of 21 in Hillingdon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths84%
  • This school
  • Hillingdon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.64
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22757.468%84%–
2024/2522455.957%80%–
2023/2421755.561%79%+0.64
2022/2322753.459%80%+0.49

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136631 · 312/5410
Trust
Swakeleys School for Girls
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,174 pupils · 1,404 on roll
Free school meals
27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Swakeleys School (URN 102450)
Address
Clifton Gardens, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 0EJ
Local authority
Hillingdon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources