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Brentford School for Girls

Secondary · Brentford · TW8 0PG

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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 8 October 2024

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At a glance

763 pupils · 80% of 949 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
34% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
52.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.brentford.hounslow.sch.uk/
URN
139095

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 92 Year 7 places, 0.61 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 2.277 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its inspection on 8 October 2024 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 8.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.61 first-choice applications per place

92 places offered · 56 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 (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.277 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
50.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
68%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
40.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.4
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-) C-
26.9
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.6
Median of its 12 closest peers49
Hounslow average51
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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
Outwood Academy City FieldsWakefield · 160 miles awayGood38.8
The WREN SchoolReading · 30 miles awayExpected standard44.8
Eden Girls' School, Waltham ForestLondon · 14 miles awayOutstanding63.5
Lancaster AcademyLeicester · 85 miles awayGood37.5
West London Free SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood69.2
Lynch Hill Enterprise AcademySlough · 12 miles awayRequires improvement38.3
Holy Family Catholic SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayGood45.5
Feversham Girls' Secondary AcademyBradford · 171 miles awayStrong standard54.8
The Green School for GirlsIsleworth · under 1 mile awayGood52.5
Hornchurch High SchoolHornchurch · 22 miles awayGood (2019)54
Belle Vue Girls' AcademyBradford · 173 miles awayExpected standard43.2
Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding58

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: SEN unit.

SEN unit
10 of 12 places taken nearly full
Resourced provision
11 of 12 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)

Any other ethnic group 22% (Hounslow 12%, England 3%) · White British 14% (Hounslow 13%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 13% (Hounslow 24%, England 4%) · Black African 10% (Hounslow 9%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Hounslow 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Hounslow 6%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Hounslow 12%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hounslow 6%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hounslow 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hounslow 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hounslow 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hounslow 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)
8.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.20 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 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
15.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 7% 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)

92.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 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 £64,671; 14.5% 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£9,282
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £885,000; in-year balance +£309,000

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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
92%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
61%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
10%
Any sustained destination
75%

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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.6%62.3%
Social housing11.8%17.1%
Privately rented32.6%20.5%
Detached houses2.9%22.9%
Flats45.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002567 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£465,500627 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,000–£670,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£780,000
Semi-detached (35)£690,000
Terraced (129)£694,500
Flat (458)£410,000

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

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
63an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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