Guru Nanak Sikh Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Hayes, Hillingdon·UB4 0LT
Composite score
67.2
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#2,237
National rank
#571
In London
#9
In Hillingdon
Top 15%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
69 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.15
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
178
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
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1 per place
0.9020221.0020230.9820241.2020251.152026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Guru Nanak Sikh Academy yet. Hillingdon 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).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
87%
114 first choices, 118 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
275
any preference, for 118 places
Applications from another council area
32%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.3120230.8420241.0520250.972026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Guru Nanak Sikh Academy yet. Hillingdon 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).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Guru Nanak Sikh Academy is an all-through school covering ages 4–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#930
National rank
#244
In London
#10
In Hillingdon
Top 29%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
49.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
27%
EBacc average points score
4.78

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Age range
4–18
Pupils on roll
1,580
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Sikh
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
66.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,447
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
96%
180 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Guru Nanak Sikh Academy at a glance

Located in Hayes, Hillingdon, Guru Nanak Sikh Academy is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Sikh religious character. The school educates roughly 1,580 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 80% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 49.9, above the national average of 46. On our composite score, Guru Nanak Sikh Academy ranks among the top 15% of primary schools in England for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 29% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. Guru Nanak Sikh Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 69 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 17.1 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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