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Park Academy West London

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Park View Road, Hillingdon UB8 3GA · park-aspirations.org · 01895 430066

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.5
average Attainment 8 score. Hillingdon 47.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hillingdon Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
795
69% of 1,150 places
Local authority
Hillingdon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
42.9%
First language not English
45.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Aspirations Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

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

For Year 7 in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 174 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: 99 (Places 164)99September 2023: 112 (Places 160)112September 2024: 92 (Places 171)92September 2025: 55 (Places 153)55September 2026: 82 (Places 174)82Places 174
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026174820.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025153550.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024171920.5100%
September 2023Sept 20231601120.7100%
September 2022Sept 2022164990.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.5, and 37.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hillingdon it was 47.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 42.3 (England 46.5)42.32018/19: 40.1 (England 46.7)40.12021/22: 43.6 (England 48.8)43.62022/23: 39.1 (England 46.3)39.12023/24: 41.2 (England 45.9)41.22024/25: 38.5 (England 46.0)38.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.546.0
▼37.1%45.4%
▼55.3%64.8%
▼26.5%40.5%
▼3.414.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134797)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form37.90
Further education40.2−5.5
Apprenticeship2.3−0.3
Employment2.3+1.4
Not in a lasting destination9.1+3.1
Activity not captured8.3+3.1

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: 25.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.9 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 18.1 (England 32.1)D-2018/19: 22.8 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 23.8 (England 37.9)D+2022/23: 23.1 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 23.2 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 34.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
12 studentsC+ (34.2)Well above average +1.10
12 studentsC+ (34.2)Well above average +1.10
23 studentsMerit+ (29.7)Average +0.14
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2432D+ (23.2)-0.49
2022/2339D+ (23.1)—
2021/2226D+ (23.8)—
2018/1949D+ (22.8)-0.47
2017/1845D- (18.1)-0.74
2016/1768C (29.9)+0.23
2015/1663C- (25.3)+0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.2+16.8
Other education4.1+1.3
Apprenticeship4.1—
Employment10.2−17.6
Not in a lasting destination10.2−6.5
Activity not captured10.2+1.9

Ofsted

Park Academy West London was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
29 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2019

Other inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134797), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jul 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2015Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134797)

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
64%
Replies
58
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼74% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼62% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼69% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼64% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼71% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼59% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼43% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 53% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼63% agreeEngland 67%

based on 24 parents (41%) with SEND

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