Northwood School
under 0.1 miles1,044 pupils · Attainment 8 58.4 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
State-funded · Secondary · Hillingdon
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University technical college · Ages 14 to 19 · Mixed · 240 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- University technical college (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 240 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 600
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Mr Jasmit Kallah
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
- Address
- Potter Street, Northwood, HA6 1QG
- Borough
- Hillingdon
- DfE reference (URN)
- 146375
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 | 94% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 84% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 42% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 3% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 39% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 10% |
| In sustained employment | 0% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 3% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 31 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 | 76% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 33% |
| Progressing to further education | 5% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 16% |
| In sustained employment | 22% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 17% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 86 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
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, 7 February 2023: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth-form provision
- Good
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: 39.4 · 2023/24: 30.332.2This school47.8Hillingdon46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 42% · 2023/24: 26%22%This school50%Hillingdon45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 55% · 2023/24: 46%38%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: 2.91 · 2023/24: 2.302.51This 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 · 50 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: D- · 2023/24: E+C-This schoolC+HillingdonB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 15.4 · 2023/24: 14.227.5This school33Hillingdon35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2023/24: 13.9Suppressed (small cohort)This school33.6Hillingdon35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2023/24: 0%Suppressed (small cohort)This school12%Hillingdon18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: -0.790.27This 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 · 9 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 32.1% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 8%
- Receiving SEN support
- 10.4%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 3.6%
- Girls / boys
- 11% / 89%
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
- 13.2% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 43.8%
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 245
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).
Haydon School
0.6 miles1,399 pupils · Attainment 8 46 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.