Harlington School
0.7 miles1,409 pupils · Attainment 8 42.5 (2024/25)
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State-funded · Secondary · Hillingdon
Global Academy
University technical college · Ages 14 to 19 · Mixed · 526 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- University technical college (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 526 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 600
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Principal
- Mr James Murray-Walsh
- Trust
- GLOBAL ACADEMY UTC TRUST LIMITED
- Address
- The Old Vinyl Factory, 1 Record Walk, Middlesex, UB3 1DH
- Borough
- Hillingdon
- Telephone
- 02030199000
- DfE reference (URN)
- 142887
- Website
- globalacademy.com
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Official destination measures after GCSEs (key stage 4)
| Staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 | 95% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 91% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 50% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 2% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 38% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 3% |
| In sustained employment | 0% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 5% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 58 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 79% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 25% |
| Progressing to further education | 1% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 14% |
| In sustained employment | 22% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 16% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 108 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Kingswood House School.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
Hillingdon: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 67.2% of applicants were offered their first preference and 93.8% were offered one of their preferences (3,520 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 4 March 2025
No overall grade was given: Ofsted had stopped using one for state schools.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth-form provision
- Outstanding
Last overall grade: Good, given on 6 March 2019
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25
- Attainment 8 score2022/23: 30.6 · 2023/24: 27.330.8This school47.8Hillingdon46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 33% · 2023/24: 25%30%This school50%Hillingdon45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 64% · 2023/24: 51%63%This school69%Hillingdon65%England, state-funded
- % entering the English Baccalaureate2022/23: 0% · 2023/24: 0%0%This school53%Hillingdon40%England, state-funded
- EBacc average point score2022/23: 2.62 · 2023/24: 2.472.77This school4.35Hillingdon4.09England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 70 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a gradeSuppressed (small cohort)This schoolC+HillingdonB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entrySuppressed (small cohort)This school33Hillingdon35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levelsSuppressed (small cohort)This school33.6Hillingdon35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjectsSuppressed (small cohort)This school12%Hillingdon18%England, state-funded
- A level value added scoreSuppressed (small cohort)This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 3 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 32.1% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 23.2%
- Receiving SEN support
- 18.2%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 2.2%
- Girls / boys
- 63% / 37%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 11% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 29.6%
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.2 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 484
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.