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Heston Community School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Heston Road, Heston, Hounslow TW5 0QR · hestoncommunityschool.co.uk · 020 8572 1931

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.6
average Attainment 8 score. Hounslow 49.9, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hounslow Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,311
94% of 1,395 places
Local authority
Hounslow
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.5%
First language not English
54.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Heston Community Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

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

For Year 7 in September 2026, 121 families put the school first and 193 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 142 (Places 197)142September 2023: 152 (Places 201)152September 2024: 143 (Places 200)143September 2025: 151 (Places 194)151September 2026: 121 (Places 193)121Places 193
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261931210.6100%
September 2025Sept 20251941510.895%
September 2024Sept 20242001430.794%
September 2023Sept 20232011520.891%
September 2022Sept 20221971420.796%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 20252.22 mi3.56 km
September 20241.90 mi3.06 km

The council shows every applicant as offered a place (Distance: all offered).

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.6, and 52.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hounslow it was 49.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.6 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: 52.8 (England 46.3)52.82017/18: 50.5 (England 46.5)50.52018/19: 52.0 (England 46.7)52.02021/22: 51.5 (England 48.8)51.52022/23: 48.1 (England 46.3)48.12023/24: 48.6 (England 45.9)48.62024/25: 49.6 (England 46.0)49.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.646.0
▲52.7%45.4%
▲75.1%64.8%
▲80.1%40.5%
▲4.744.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form69.7−3.5
Further education21.2−0.4
Apprenticeship0.5—
Employment1—
Not in a lasting destination4−0.1
Activity not captured3.5+2.5

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: 29.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.2 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.1 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 37.5 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 35.7 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 35.6 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
83 studentsB- (35.6)Average +0.10
83 studentsB- (35.6)Average +0.10
62 studentsDist- (30.1)Average +0.10
14 studentsL2Merit+ (6.2)Well above average +1.01
18.5%AAB or better
92.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2494B- (35.7)+0.41
2022/2383B- (37.5)—
2021/22113B (39.1)—
2018/1988C+ (32.8)+0.27
2017/18107C+ (34.2)+0.17
2016/17109C (29.3)-0.32
2015/16114C (29.6)-0.09

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University59−10.1
Further and other education2.5+1.2
Further education0.6—
Other education1.9—
Apprenticeship9+5.7
Employment12.8+1
Not in a lasting destination9.6+1
Activity not captured7.1+1.2

Ofsted

Heston Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
13 Dec 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Sept 2008Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
57%
Replies
21
2% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼72% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼57% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼76% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼67% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼72% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼81% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼50% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼37% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 52% who had a child bullied

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