Which school has the best GCSE results in Hillingdon?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Northwood School tops the table in Hillingdon with 57.9, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Hillingdon schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Hillingdon show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Hillingdon GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 22 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 1 place since 2025	Northwood School Northwood · Academy converter	57.9	29%	74%	85%	–	175
2 , up 2 places since 2025	Swakeleys School for Girls Uxbridge · Academy converter	57.4	25%	68%	84%	–	227
3 , up 2 places since 2025	Queensmead School Ruislip · Academy converter	57.1	27%	68%	80%	–	236
4= , down 1 place since 2025	Bishop Ramsey Church of England School Ruislip · Academy converter	56.8	21%	63%	81%	–	182
4= , down 3 places since 2025	Bishopshalt School Uxbridge · Academy converter	56.8	25%	69%	88%	–	185
6 , up 4 places since 2025	Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Hayes · Academy converter	56.1	20%	62%	84%	–	210
7 , up 2 places since 2025	The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Uxbridge · Academy converter	55.0	24%	57%	76%	–	231
8	Barnhill Community High School Hayes · Academy converter	53.7	25%	67%	80%	–	230
9 , down 2 places since 2025	Vyners School Uxbridge · Academy converter	53.0	20%	60%	80%	–	234
10 , down 4 places since 2025	Ruislip High School Ruislip · Academy converter	50.1	16%	47%	73%	–	207
11	Rosedale College Hayes · Academy converter	49.9	15%	55%	76%	–	165
12 , up 2 places since 2025	De Salis Studio College Hayes · Studio schools	48.4	13%	45%	66%	–	53
13 , up 2 places since 2025	Uxbridge High School Uxbridge · Academy converter	48.3	21%	52%	67%	–	219
14 , down 2 places since 2025	Haydon School Pinner · Academy converter	47.9	14%	49%	66%	–	280
15 , up 1 place since 2025	Harlington School Hayes · Foundation school	43.8	7%	42%	58%	–	189
16 , up 2 places since 2025	Oak Wood School Uxbridge · Foundation school	43.4	11%	43%	63%	–	176
17	Park Academy West London Hillingdon · Academy sponsor led	38.1	6%	32%	47%	–	145
18 , up 2 places since 2025	Hewens College Hayes · Academy converter	35.9	3%	23%	44%	–	73
19	Harefield School Uxbridge · Academy sponsor led	33.8	0%	13%	40%	–	38
20 , up 1 place since 2025	UTC Heathrow Northwood · University technical college	28.6	3%	11%	32%	–	37
21 , up 1 place since 2025	Global Academy Middlesex · University technical college	27.4	2%	32%	48%	–	87
22 , down 9 places since 2025	Parkside Studio College Hayes · Studio schools	26.7	0%	8%	8%	–	12

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Hillingdon with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Lady Nafisa School Other independent school	52.5	62%	13
Northwood College for Girls GDST Northwood · Other independent school	71.5	93%	88
St Helen's School Northwood · Other independent school	47.4	61%	158

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Hillingdon on our composite score

Hillingdon GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Hillingdon with published GCSE results

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