Swakeleys School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
Hillingdon
Unique reference
136631
Address
Clifton Gardens, Hillingdon, UB10 0EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1375 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
0.1%
Girls
99.9%
First language not English
52.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
25%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 17.7%
Other 16.7%
Pakistani 12.4%
Mixed 12.2%
White British 10.5%
Other Asian 10.2%
African 8%
Bangladeshi 4.3%
Other White 3.3%
Caribbean 2.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.4
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.67
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE227
English LiteratureGCSE225
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Swakeleys School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
236
0
236
Year 8
237
0
237
Year 9
238
0
238
Year 10
233
0
233
Year 11
217
0
217
Year 12
112
0
112
Year 13
102
2
100
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
25.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
75.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
69.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
16.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
14.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020