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Brentford School for Girls

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

5 Boston Manor Road, Brentford TW8 0PG · brentford.hounslow.sch.uk · 020 8847 4281

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.6
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
763
80% of 949 places
Local authority
Hounslow
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
34%
First language not English
56%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Brentford School for Girls

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, 56 families put the school first and 92 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: 80 (Places 148)80September 2023: 70 (Places 146)70September 2024: 59 (Places 132)59September 2025: 68 (Places 103)68September 2026: 56 (Places 92)56Places 92
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202692560.6100%
September 2025Sept 2025103680.7100%
September 2024Sept 2024132590.4100%
September 2023Sept 2023146700.5100%
September 2022Sept 2022148800.5100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.6, and 40.5% 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 C- (26.9 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: 49.7 (England 46.3)49.72017/18: 52.1 (England 46.5)52.12018/19: 50.7 (England 46.7)50.72021/22: 56.2 (England 48.8)56.22022/23: 47.0 (England 46.3)47.02023/24: 45.9 (England 45.9)45.92024/25: 50.6 (England 46.0)50.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.646.0
▼40.5%45.4%
▲68.0%64.8%
▼32.7%40.5%
▲4.424.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form59−15
Further education30.3+10.4
Other education0.6−0.1
Apprenticeship1.7+1
Employment0.6−0.1
Not in a lasting destination3.4+0.7
Activity not captured4.5—

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: 26.5 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 28.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 24.7 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 29.4 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 28.5 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 30.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 26.9 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
56 studentsC- (26.9)Well below average -0.80
57 studentsC- (27)Well below average -0.79
23 studentsMerit (26.2)Below average -0.31
2.9%AAB or better
90.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2463C (30.6)-0.37
2022/2369C (28.5)—
2021/2247B- (37.1)—
2018/1966C (29.4)0.00
2017/1852D+ (24.7)-0.18
2016/1750C (28.7)-0.23
2015/1681C- (26.5)-0.39

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University66.7+10.1
Further education4.3−1.4
Employment8.7−2.6
Not in a lasting destination8.7−4.5
Activity not captured11.6+5.9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Brentford School for Girls on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
8 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2022Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • May 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • Nov 2008Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
95%
Replies
43
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲93% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●84% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲86% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 28% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●69% agreeEngland 67%

based on 13 parents (30%) with SEND

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