Cranford Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hounslow
Unique reference
136522
Address
High Street, Cranford, TW5 9PD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1554 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
79%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 31%
Pakistani 16.2%
African 15.4%
Other 14.5%
Other White 7%
Mixed 4.7%
White British 3.9%
Other Asian 2.9%
Bangladeshi 2.3%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 58%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.3
Local authority average 49.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.91
Local authority average 4.59
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE2
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE91
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE56
EconomicsGCSE60
English LanguageGCSE208
English LiteratureGCSE206
GeographyGCSE90
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cranford Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
149
3rd preference
91
From another Local Authority
222
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
111
98
Year 8
210
101
109
Year 9
210
109
101
Year 10
209
106
103
Year 11
208
120
88
Year 12
294
137
157
Year 13
214
125
89
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
14.0%
27.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
78.0%
61.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
21.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022