The Heathland School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hounslow
Unique reference
102539
Address
Wellington Road South, TW4 5JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1863 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
65.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.9%
Persistent absence
22.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 22.9%
Pakistani 18.2%
Other 15.5%
Mixed 10.3%
African 8.6%
Other White 7.6%
Other Asian 6.5%
Bangladeshi 5.9%
White British 3%
Caribbean 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.45
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 49.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.65
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
TourismTechnical Award18
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE34
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE81
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Heathland School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
265
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
443
2nd preference
302
3rd preference
197
From another Local Authority
132
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
234
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
39
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
269
137
132
Year 8
266
151
115
Year 9
268
142
126
Year 10
269
142
127
Year 11
269
138
131
Year 12
267
123
144
Year 13
255
146
109
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.2%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
26.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
77.0%
65.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
80.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
27.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021