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Springwest Academy

Secondary · Feltham · TW13 7EF

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 13 March 2023

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At a glance

942 pupils · 70% of 1,351 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
47.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.springwestacademy.org
URN
137618

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 96 families named it first for 200 Year 7 places, 0.48 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.62 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.48 first-choice applications per place

200 places offered · 96 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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.62 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
40.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
52.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
27.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
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-) NE

no pupils entered

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school40.4
Median of its 12 closest peers44.6
Hounslow average51
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
Stretford High SchoolManchester · 160 miles awayGood44.4
The City Academy BristolBristol · 93 miles awayGood (2019)38.5
Buxton SchoolLondon · 19 miles awayGood45.2
Hamstead Hall AcademyBirmingham · 100 miles awayGood42.1
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyKeighley · 180 miles awayRequires improvement28.8
Raynes Park High SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood (2019)45.3
Walthamstow AcademyLondon · 19 miles awayGood49.2
Hendon SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood44.9
Co-op Academy PriesthorpePudsey · 172 miles awayGood41.1
Cantell SchoolSouthampton · 55 miles awayOutstanding46.9
Southfields AcademyLondon · 9 miles awayGood49.4
Park Academy West LondonHillingdon · 6 miles awayRequires improvement38.5

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
23 of 27 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 30% (Hounslow 13%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 14% (Hounslow 12%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Hounslow 12%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 10% (Hounslow 24%, England 4%) · Black African 6% (Hounslow 9%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Hounslow 6%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Hounslow 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hounslow 6%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hounslow 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hounslow 1%, England 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)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.36 suspensions per 100 pupils and 6 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hounslow: 10.11 suspensions and 0.18 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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £59,521; 14.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£10,203
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £937,000; in-year balance +£824,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
85%
Continuing in education
80%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier58.4%62.3%
Social housing22.6%17.1%
Privately rented19%20.5%
Detached houses11.7%22.9%
Flats11.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002611 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£405,000307 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£285,000–£485,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£635,000
Semi-detached (91)£500,000
Terraced (97)£430,000
Flat (113)£265,000

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
41an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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