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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 2 October 2018Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry811 applications · 167 places offered · 193 named it first
- 2026 4.9; Hillingdon median median 2.4
- 2025 4.4; Hillingdon median median 2.7
- 2024 4.8; Hillingdon median median 2.7
- 2023 5.3; Hillingdon median median 2.8
- 2022 5.6; Hillingdon median median 2.7
- 2021 5.1; Hillingdon median median 2.7
- 2020 5.7; Hillingdon median median 3.1
- 2019 4.4; Hillingdon median median 3.1
- 2018 4.6; Hillingdon median median 3.0
- 2017 4.1; Hillingdon median median 3.2
- 2016 3.4; Hillingdon median median 3.3
- 2015 4.0; Hillingdon median median 3.3
- 2014 3.6; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 167 | 811 | 4.9 | 193 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 760 | 4.4 | 203 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 807 | 4.8 | 214 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 | 902 | 5.3 | 254 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 828 | 5.6 | 216 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 894 | 5.1 | 233 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 158 | 895 | 5.7 | 231 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 777 | 4.4 | 206 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 | 167 | 775 | 4.6 | 175 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 177 | 730 | 4.1 | 146 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 613 | 3.4 | 119 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2015 | 117 | 468 | 4.0 | 70 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 | 103 | 370 | 3.6 | 56 | 0.54 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 175 | 57.9 | 74% | 85% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 58.4 | 75% | 90% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 56.7 | 70% | 84% | +0.76 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 53.9 | 58% | 77% | +0.62 |
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
- Northwood SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20244.9applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · HillingdonGood202328.6Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · HillingdonGood20222.4applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HillingdonGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · HarrowStandards maintained20257.4applications per place 60.3Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HarrowOutstanding20234.6applications per place 58.2Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · HarrowRemains Good20242.6applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · HillingdonOutstanding20234.9applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · Hillingdon20262.0applications per place 33.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137829 · 312/5405
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,080 pupils · 1,044 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Northwood School (URN 102445)
- Address
- Pinner Road, Northwood, HA6 1QN
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources