Isleworth and Syon School for Boys

Academy converter·Secondary school Isleworth, Hounslow·TW7 5LJ
Composite score
53.9
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#2,046
National rank
#392
In London
#15
In Hounslow
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
54%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.70

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%
82 first choices, 134 places
First choices per place
0.61
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
318
any preference, for 134 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Isleworth and Syon School for Boys 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
1,021
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
60.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,479
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
91%
175 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys at a glance

Located in Isleworth, Hounslow, Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is a boys' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,021 pupils aged 11 to 18. 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 43.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 5.1 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 lower half of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 54% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Isleworth and Syon School for Boys was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 82 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 14.1 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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