Featherstone High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Southall, Ealing·UB2 5HF
Composite score
61.0
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#1,087
National rank
#270
In London
#10
In Ealing
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
49%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.72

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
273 first choices, 282 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
563
any preference, for 282 places
Last place offered lived
1.52 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2449 m
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920221.0920230.9720241.0620250.972026

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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,773
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
83.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,031
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
94%
268 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Featherstone High School

Featherstone High School is a secondary school in Southall, Ealing, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,773 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.1 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of secondary schools nationally.

49% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 95% of the families who made Featherstone 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. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.52 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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. Featherstone High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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