Haydon School

Academy converter·Secondary school Pinner, Hillingdon·HA5 2LX
Composite score
57.5
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#1,534
National rank
#330
In London
#12
In Hillingdon
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.81

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
100%
56 first choices, 158 places
First choices per place
0.35
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
372
any preference, for 158 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4420220.3420230.3920240.3520250.352026

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

Every child who put Haydon School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,549
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
26.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,516
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
93%
271 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Haydon School is a secondary school serving Pinner, Hillingdon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,549 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Haydon School 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Haydon School their first choice was offered one of its 158 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.8%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. 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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