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Brentside High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Foundation school

Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, London W7 1JJ · brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk · 020 8575 9162

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
44.1
average Attainment 8 score. Ealing 52, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Ealing Council
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,483
93% of 1,600 places
Local authority
Ealing
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.9%
First language not English
62.5%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Ealing Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 190 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 112 (Places 266)112September 2023: 135 (Places 288)135September 2024: 106 (Places 238)106September 2025: 62 (Places 185)62September 2026: 79 (Places 190)79Places 190
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026190790.4100%
September 2025Sept 2025185620.3100%
September 2024Sept 20242381060.4100%
September 2023Sept 20232881350.5100%
September 2022Sept 20222661120.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 41.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Ealing it was 52, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 48.0 (England 46.3)48.02017/18: 46.1 (England 46.5)46.12018/19: 49.2 (England 46.7)49.22021/22: 49.3 (England 48.8)49.32022/23: 45.9 (England 46.3)45.92023/24: 45.7 (England 45.9)45.72024/25: 44.1 (England 46.0)44.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●44.146.0
▼41.4%45.4%
▼60.1%64.8%
▲71.5%40.5%
●4.204.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form62.4−0.7
Sixth form college5.2+4.8
Further education22.5−1.4
Other education1.1+0.3
Not in a lasting destination6.6−0.5
Activity not captured2.2−0.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.3 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 33.6 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 31.9 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 30.5 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 38.5 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 31.5 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 34.3 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.4 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
97 studentsB- (35.4)Above average +0.30
113 studentsB- (36.2)Above average +0.36
43 studentsDist+ (38.5)Well above average +0.79
21 studentsL2Merit- (5.8)Average -0.13
13.8%AAB or better
90%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24107C+ (34.3)+0.18
2022/23100C (31.5)—
2021/2278B (38.5)—
2018/19104C (30.5)+0.11
2017/1899C+ (31.9)+0.42
2016/17118C+ (33.6)+0.50
2015/16140C (28.3)+0.02

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.2−10.6
Further education0.7−0.2
Apprenticeship2.8+1
Employment14.9−0.7
Not in a lasting destination9.2−1.8
Activity not captured14.2+12.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Brentside High School on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
29 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • May 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (83 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
60%
Replies
83
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼71% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼57% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼81% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼73% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼61% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼81% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼82% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼62% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼55% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 54% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼37% agreeEngland 67%

based on 16 parents (19%) with SEND

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