Park Academy West London

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Hillingdon·UB8 3GA
Composite score
48.1
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#2,715
National rank
#449
In London
#17
In Hillingdon
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
38.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
55%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.41

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
82 first choices, 174 places
First choices per place
0.47
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
236
any preference, for 174 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6020220.7020230.5420240.3620250.472026

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

Every child who put Park Academy West London 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
852
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
42.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
36.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,667
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
92%
99 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Park Academy West London

Park Academy West London is a secondary school in Hillingdon, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 852 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 38.5 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.7 points compared with 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.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 55% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Park Academy West London their first choice was offered one of its 174 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.0%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 50% 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. If you are considering Park Academy West London, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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