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Dormers Wells High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,469Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145348URN

Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, UB1 3HZ · 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
2.4per place
0.5 below Ealing median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Ealing

553 applications for 228 places · 13th of 17 in Ealing
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.2of 90
10th of 17 in Ealing
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 26 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • 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. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 1 December 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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Ealing median (3.0) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

553 applications · 228 places offered · 174 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Ealing median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.8; Ealing median median 2.9
  3. 2024 2.8; Ealing median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.7; Ealing median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.6; Ealing median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.1; Ealing median median 3.1
  7. 2020 2.9; Ealing median median 3.2
  8. 2019 3.3; Ealing median median 3.6
  9. 2018 3.1; Ealing median median 3.8
  10. 2017 3.3; Ealing median median 3.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.2; Ealing median median 3.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.1; Ealing median median 3.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.1; Ealing median median 3.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Ealing median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Ealing median

Dashed bars: as Dormers Wells High School (URN 101930), the previous school.

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 20262285532.41740.76
Sep 20252426842.82150.89
Sep 20242396632.82090.87
Sep 20232406572.71850.77
Sep 20222396232.61960.82
Sep 20212387283.11840.77
Sep 20202376882.91760.74
Sep 20192377763.31810.76
Sep 20182327133.11750.75
Sep 2017 *2387933.31820.76
Sep 2016 *2387573.21350.57
Sep 2015 *2407503.11460.61
Sep 2014 *2387383.11120.47

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

244 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.210th of 17 in Ealing
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%11th of 17 in Ealing
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Ealing median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.63
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24451.255%72%–
2024/2522849.154%75%–
2023/2423449.656%75%+0.63
2022/2323352.460%82%+0.69

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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
145348 · 307/4030
Trust
Dormers Wells Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,469 on roll
Free school meals
35.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2018
Replaced
Dormers Wells High School (URN 101930)
Address
Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, UB1 3HZ
Local authority
Ealing

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