Greenford High School

Foundation school·Secondary school Southall, Ealing·UB1 2GU
Composite score
60.8
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#1,113
National rank
#274
In London
#11
In Ealing
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
53%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
4.23

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
249 first choices, 270 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
914
any preference, for 270 places
Last place offered lived
0.84 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1355 m
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1520221.0420230.9720241.0220250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
2,015
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
75.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,264
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
282 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Greenford High School at a glance

Located in Southall, Ealing, Greenford High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 2,015 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 48.6, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of secondary schools nationally.

53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 82% of the families who made Greenford High School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.84 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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