Northwood School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B78
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Northwood, HA6 1QN
- Distance
- 0.1km away
UTC Heathrow
Potter Street, Northwood, HA6 1QG
Local ranking22nd of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 28.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 10.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 32.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 37
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 33.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
9
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 160
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 249
- Boys
- 214 (89%)
- Girls
- 26 (11%)
- Capacity
- 600 (40% full)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.4%
- EAL
- 8.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,787/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 43.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 18.0%
- Other: 17.5%
- Black African: 14.1%
- Mixed Other: 12.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.7%
- Asian Indian: 7.3%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
18.0%
White British
17.5%
Other
14.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Potter Street
Northwood, London
Administrative
- URN
- 146375
- UKPRN
- 10081063
- Establishment No.
- 4024
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
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