Which school has the best GCSE results in Hillingdon?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Bishopshalt School tops the table in Hillingdon with 58.7, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and 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 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 22 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Bishopshalt School Uxbridge · Academy converter	58.7	71%	85%	5.67	185
2	Northwood School Northwood · Academy converter	58.4	75%	90%	5.66	177
3	Bishop Ramsey Church of England School Ruislip · Academy converter	56.0	59%	78%	5.21	183
4	Swakeleys School for Girls Uxbridge · Academy converter	55.9	57%	80%	4.80	224
5	Queensmead School Ruislip · Academy converter	55.5	63%	78%	5.27	240
6	Ruislip High School Ruislip · Academy converter	54.0	59%	82%	4.90	212
7	Vyners School Uxbridge · Academy converter	53.5	61%	79%	4.51	244
8	Barnhill Community High School Hayes · Academy converter	53.1	58%	80%	5.00	252
9	The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Uxbridge · Academy converter	52.6	54%	72%	4.87	239
10	Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Hayes · Academy converter	49.9	52%	70%	4.78	178
11	Rosedale College Hayes · Academy converter	46.2	45%	62%	4.03	137
12	Haydon School Pinner · Academy converter	46.0	44%	62%	3.81	243
13	Parkside Studio College Hayes · Studio schools	45.4	47%	71%	3.64	17
14	De Salis Studio College Hayes · Studio schools	43.8	40%	66%	3.68	50
15	Uxbridge High School Uxbridge · Academy converter	43.0	39%	62%	3.83	226
16	Harlington School Hayes · Foundation school	42.5	41%	60%	3.94	234
17	Park Academy West London Hillingdon · Academy sponsor led	38.5	37%	55%	3.41	132
18	Oak Wood School Uxbridge · Foundation school	37.6	33%	53%	3.51	228
19	Harefield School Uxbridge · Academy sponsor led	37.1	20%	47%	3.20	45
20	Hewens College Hayes · Academy converter	34.0	16%	44%	3.03	69
21	UTC Heathrow Northwood · University technical college	32.2	22%	38%	2.51	50
22	Global Academy Middlesex · University technical college	30.8	30%	63%	2.77	70

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	51.7	53%	15
Northwood College for Girls GDST Northwood · Other independent school	69.9	94%	70
St Helen's School Northwood · Other independent school	73.0	95%	105

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Hillingdon ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Hillingdon with published GCSE results

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