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Bishopshalt School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,239Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137633URN

Royal Lane, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB8 3RF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.5per place
4.1 above Hillingdon median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hillingdon

1,149 applications for 178 places · 1st of 18 in Hillingdon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.8of 90
4th of 21 in Hillingdon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 February 2026Published 5 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 February 2026
    Report card · 7 Exceptional
  2. 4 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
6.5applications per place, Year 7
4.1 above Hillingdon median (2.4) 4.2 above England median (2.2)

1,149 applications · 178 places offered · 313 named it first

  1. 2026 6.5; Hillingdon median median 2.4
  2. 2025 6.2; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  3. 2024 6.5; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  4. 2023 5.3; Hillingdon median median 2.8
  5. 2022 6.5; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  6. 2021 6.4; Hillingdon median median 2.7
  7. 2020 7.2; Hillingdon median median 3.1
  8. 2019 7.4; Hillingdon median median 3.1
  9. 2018 7.6; Hillingdon median median 3.0
  10. 2017 7.5; Hillingdon median median 3.2
  11. 2016 7.2; Hillingdon median median 3.3
  12. 2015 6.5; Hillingdon median median 3.3
  13. 2014 6.7; Hillingdon median median 3.0
More applications per place than the Hillingdon median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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 20261781,1496.53131.76
Sep 20251751,0846.23231.85
Sep 20241801,1646.52911.62
Sep 20232101,1135.32751.31
Sep 20221681,0906.52591.54
Sep 20211801,1596.43071.71
Sep 20201771,2677.23171.79
Sep 20191811,3317.43101.71
Sep 20181711,2957.63492.04
Sep 20171801,3467.53602.00
Sep 20161741,2447.23241.86
Sep 20151821,1856.53001.65
Sep 20141721,1596.72671.55

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

185 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.84th of 21 in Hillingdon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths69%2nd of 21 in Hillingdon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%
  • This school
  • Hillingdon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.05
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18556.869%88%–
2024/2518558.771%85%–
2023/2418458.773%89%+1.05
2022/2318856.664%84%+0.88

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

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137633 · 312/5400
Trust
Bishopshalt School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,311 pupils · 1,239 on roll
Free school meals
27.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2011
Replaced
Bishopshalt School (URN 102440)
Address
Royal Lane, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB8 3RF
Local authority
Hillingdon

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