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Park Academy West London

Secondary · Hillingdon · UB8 3GA

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 November 2023

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At a glance

795 pupils · 69% of 1,150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
42.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.park-aspirations.org
URN
145121

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 82 families named it first for 174 Year 7 places, 0.47 first choices per place. We hold 10 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 29 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.47 first-choice applications per place

174 places offered · 82 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.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
38.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
55.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.4
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+
34.2
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school38.5
Median of its 12 closest peers42.4
Hillingdon average46.6
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
Loreto High School ChorltonManchester · 152 miles awayExpected standard46.6
Oasis Academy MediaCityUKManchester · 155 miles awayNeeds attention38.7
Saint Gabriel's CollegeLondon · 16 miles awayGood47.9
Weston Secondary SchoolSouthampton · 58 miles awayNeeds attention31.1
The City Academy BristolBristol · 90 miles awayGood (2019)38.5
Harris Invictus Academy CroydonCroydon · 18 miles awayOutstanding45
Islip Manor High SchoolNortholt · 4 miles awayNo current grade38.3
The Hathershaw CollegeOldham · 155 miles awayNeeds attention39.3
Leigh Academy HalleyLondon · 22 miles awayStrong standard48.4
Moor End AcademyHuddersfield · 156 miles awayOutstanding45.9
Westbourne AcademyIpswich · 78 miles awaySpecial measures39.7
City of London Academy, Shoreditch ParkLondon · 17 miles awayOutstanding54.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 37% (Hillingdon 22%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 12% (Hillingdon 17%, England 4%) · Any other White background 10% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hillingdon 10%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Hillingdon 10%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Hillingdon 8%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Hillingdon 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Hillingdon 7%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hillingdon 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hillingdon 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hillingdon 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
11.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

52.58 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 15% 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)

78.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.8 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 £57,995; 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£7,667
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 90% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,609,000

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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
82%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
62%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
16%
Any sustained destination
84%

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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.1%62.3%
Social housing24.1%17.1%
Privately rented25.5%20.5%
Detached houses3.2%22.9%
Flats25.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002551 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£465,000225 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£317,500–£522,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£570,000
Semi-detached (101)£500,000
Terraced (57)£445,000
Flat (57)£250,000

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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
35an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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