Hewens College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
May 7 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
137078
Address
Hewens Road, UB4 8JP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
412 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
58.5%
Girls
41.5%
First language not English
65.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
26%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 23.8%
Other 16.7%
White British 12.9%
African 11.7%
Other White 10%
Other Asian 5.8%
Pakistani 5.6%
Mixed 5.3%
Caribbean 3.2%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 53%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 16%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34
Local authority average 47.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.03
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award5
ArabicGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE69
English LanguageGCSE69
English LiteratureGCSE69
FrenchGCSE23
GeographyGCSE45
GermanGCSE1
Modern GreekGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hewens College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
32
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
32
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes17.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
57
37
20
Year 8
90
54
36
Year 9
80
43
37
Year 10
85
54
31
Year 11
82
42
40
Year 12
8
5
3
Year 13
10
6
4
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
89.6%
85.5%
Further education
46.0%
28.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
59.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.7%
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
57.0%
62.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
13.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.2%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022