St Helen's School
0.3 miles1,097 pupils · A level average A- (2024/25)
Independent · All-through · Hillingdon
Northwood College for Girls GDST
Independent school · Ages 3 to 19 · Girls · 814 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Pupils
- 814 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Brown
- Address
- Maxwell Road, Northwood, HA6 2YE
- Borough
- Hillingdon
- Telephone
- 01923825446
- DfE reference (URN)
- 102452
- Website
- northwoodcollege.gdst.net
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Published by the school
- Newcastle University, University of Warwick, University of York As published by the school: universities named without numbers (2026) Source
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Holland House School, St Helen's College.
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.
Open days and tours
- Open morningTuesday 13 October 2026
- Open morningTuesday 13 October 2026
- Sixth-form open evening · 16+Thursday 15 October 2026
- Sixth-form open evening · 16+Thursday 15 October 2026
- Open morningThursday 12 November 2026
- Open morningThursday 12 November 2026
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Fees
| Stage | Per term | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Nurseryexcluding VAT | £4,904 | £14,712 |
| Receptionincluding VAT | £6,148 | £18,444 |
| Year 1including VAT | £6,148 | £18,444 |
| Year 2including VAT | £6,148 | £18,444 |
| Year 3including VAT | £7,285 | £21,855 |
| Year 4including VAT | £7,285 | £21,855 |
| Year 5including VAT | £7,285 | £21,855 |
| Year 6including VAT | £7,285 | £21,855 |
| Year 7including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 8including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 9including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 10including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 11including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 12including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
| Year 13including VAT | £8,722 | £26,166 |
Day fees for 2026-27, as published by the school (read 9 Oct 2026). The VAT position is shown beside each stage. Lunches, trips and other extras may be charged on top.
Other charges and help with fees
- Registration fee
- £150 per one_off Nursery Registration Fee (UK) Source
- Registration fee
- £180 per one_off Reception – Year 12 Registration Fee (UK), £150 + VAT Source
Source: northwoodcollege.gdst.net · academic year 2026-27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B+ · 2023/24: BB+This schoolC+HillingdonB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 43.9 · 2023/24: 4042.8This school33Hillingdon35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 43.8 · 2023/24: 39.242.1This school33.6Hillingdon35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 33% · 2023/24: 30%34%This school12%Hillingdon18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: -0.070.17This 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 · 47 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 14.9%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.3%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
0.5 miles211 pupils · KS2 expected standard 88% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
St Martin's School
0.5 miles337 pupils · £5,080 to £7,715 a term (2026-27)
Leaver destinations
Frithwood Primary School
0.5 miles374 pupils · KS2 expected standard 72% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Hillside Infant School
0.8 miles201 pupils
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Compare with similar schools
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