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Secondary · Northwood · HA6 1QG

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 February 2023

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At a glance

240 pupils · 40% of 600 capacity

School type
University technical college
Age range
14–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
32.1% of pupils
English as additional language
8% of pupils
SEN support
10.4% of pupils
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
URN
146375

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
32.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
38%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
22%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.5
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-) C-
27.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
31.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,787
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
84%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
33%
Apprenticeship
16%
Employment
22%
Any sustained destination
76%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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