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Brentside High School

Secondary · London · W7 1JJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 April 2025

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At a glance

1,483 pupils · 93% of 1,600 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
61.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk/
URN
101939

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 79 families named it first for 190 Year 7 places, 0.42 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 2.062 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 14 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. At its inspection on 29 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.42 first-choice applications per place

190 places offered · 79 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.062 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

263 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
44.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
60.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
41.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
35.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.1
Median of its 12 closest peers41.9
Ealing average53.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Stockwood Park AcademyLuton · 24 miles awayGood35.9
George Salter AcademyWest Bromwich · 99 miles awayGood39.6
Queen Katharine AcademyPeterborough · 75 miles awaySerious weaknesses32.5
Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSmethwick · 97 miles awayExpected standard42.1
Joseph Leckie AcademyWalsall · 100 miles awayExpected standard42.4
Oasis Academy LeesbrookOldham · 157 miles awayGood41.5
Shireland Collegiate AcademySmethwick · 96 miles awayGood44.5
Mayfield SchoolDagenham · 20 miles awayGood45
Djanogly City AcademyNottingham · 105 miles awayGood38
Essa AcademyBolton · 166 miles awayStrong standard53
Greig City AcademyLondon · 10 miles awayGood41.6
Starbank SchoolBirmingham · 91 miles awayGood49

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other ethnic group 34% (Ealing 18%, England 3%) · Any other White background 15% (Ealing 13%, England 7%) · Black African 14% (Ealing 10%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Ealing 8%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 6% (Ealing 14%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Ealing 3%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Ealing 6%, England 5%) · White British 5% (Ealing 13%, England 59%) · Not recorded 3% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Ealing 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

18.38 suspensions per 100 pupils and 8 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Ealing: 7.67 suspensions and 0.17 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,133; 9.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,406
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 2% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (7%) · supplies and services 21% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 14% (2%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £818,501; in-year balance -£115,599

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
64%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
9%
Any sustained destination
78%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier35.6%62.3%
Social housing45%17.1%
Privately rented18.7%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats58.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001283 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,000245 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£615,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (71)£630,000
Terraced (87)£540,000
Flat (85)£345,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.32 km, 2019 entry): 3,932 sales, median £525,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
36an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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