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Nishkam School West London

  • 4–19Ages
  • 1,491Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • SikhReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139720URN

152 Syon Lane, Osterley, TW7 5PN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
64.5of 90
1st of 20 in Hounslow

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 24 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 24 January 2024
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 8 July 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2024 8.3; Hounslow median median 3.1
  2. 2023 8.2; Hounslow median median 3.2
  3. 2022 7.8; Hounslow median median 3.3
  4. 2021 6.3; Hounslow median median 3.5
  5. 2020 6.2; Hounslow median median 3.9
  6. 2019 7.0; Hounslow median median 3.7
  7. 2018 3.2; Hounslow median median 3.6
More applications per place than the Hounslow median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Hounslow median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.9 per place (213 applications for 112 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20250220.00
Sep 2024544468.31703.15
Sep 2023544418.21392.57
Sep 2022524067.81272.44
Sep 2021543386.3921.70
Sep 2020573546.21121.96
Sep 2019523667.01011.94
Sep 2018983103.2830.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

109 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)64.51st of 20 in Hounslow
Grade 5 or above in English and maths79%1st of 20 in Hounslow
Grade 4 or above in English and maths92%
  • This school
  • Hounslow median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.92
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)10964.579%92%–
2024/2510862.477%87%–
2023/2413461.178%90%+0.92
2022/2310360.175%85%+0.92

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
Free schools
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
139720 · 313/4002
Trust
Nishkam Schools Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Sikh
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,491 on roll
Free school meals
13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
9 September 2013
Address
152 Syon Lane, Osterley, TW7 5PN
Local authority
Hounslow

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