Gunnersbury Catholic School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Brentford, Hounslow·TW8 9LB
Composite score
79.4
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#181
National rank
#42
In London
#1
In Hounslow
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
63.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
81%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
92%
% EBacc grade 5+
60%
EBacc average points score
6.09

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
139 first choices, 184 places
First choices per place
0.76
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
609
any preference, for 184 places
Applications from another council area
57%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4520220.5320230.6520240.7220250.762026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Gunnersbury Catholic School yet. Hounslow does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,236
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
16.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
11.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,577
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
99%
173 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
98%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Gunnersbury Catholic School

Gunnersbury Catholic School is a boys' secondary school in Brentford, Hounslow, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,236 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 63.5 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of secondary schools in England.

81% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 92% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 80% of the families who made Gunnersbury Catholic 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. After Year 11, 99% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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