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Barnhill Community High School

Secondary · Hayes · UB4 9LE

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 February 2024

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At a glance

1,537 pupils · 108% of 1,422 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
67.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.barnhill.school
URN
137844

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 387 families named it first for 227 Year 7 places, 1.70 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1080 m (≈0.67 mi); distance decided places in 8 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 20 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.70 first-choice applications per place

227 places offered · 387 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 1080 m (≈0.67 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1080 m (≈0.67 mi)

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
53.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
79.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
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-) B-
37.6
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school53.1
Median of its 12 closest peers47.3
Hillingdon average46.6
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
London AcademyEdgware · 8 miles awayGood51.7
St Bonaventure's RC SchoolLondon · 18 miles awayOutstanding47.3
Kingsbury High SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood47.3
The Heathland SchoolHounslow · 5 miles awayOutstanding52
The Ellen Wilkinson School for GirlsLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding (2019)56.5
Mayfield SchoolDagenham · 22 miles awayGood45
Soar Valley CollegeLeicester · 84 miles awayOutstanding51.5
Ark Elvin AcademyLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding45.9
Sir John Thursby Community CollegeBurnley · 175 miles awayGood41
Swakeleys School for GirlsUxbridge · 2 miles awayGood55.9
Canons High SchoolEdgware · 7 miles awayGood39.1
Rooks Heath SchoolHarrow · 2 miles awayGood40.7

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 17% (Hillingdon 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 15% (Hillingdon 10%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 15% (Hillingdon 17%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Hillingdon 10%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Hillingdon 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Hillingdon 7%, England 3%) · White British 7% (Hillingdon 22%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hillingdon 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)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.99 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hillingdon: 9.57 suspensions and 0.09 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
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.02% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.1 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 £55,064; 10.1% 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£8,428
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 12% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,565,000; in-year balance +£1,466,000

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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
95%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
69%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
15%
Any sustained destination
89%

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 higher30.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.9%62.3%
Social housing17.5%17.1%
Privately rented29.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats43.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002393 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£435,000250 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£292,000–£520,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (98)£520,000
Terraced (62)£450,000
Flat (88)£272,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
53an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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