Hewens College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 26 2023 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
482 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
56.0%
Girls
44.0%
First language not English
69.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.7%
Persistent absence
33.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 22.6%
Other 18%
Other White 12%
African 11.8%
White British 11.4%
Pakistani 6.4%
Other Asian 6%
Mixed 4.7%
Caribbean 2.9%
Unclassified 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.8
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award13
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award21
Speech & DramaTechnical Award5
ArabicGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE80
English LanguageGCSE80
English LiteratureGCSE80
FrenchGCSE26
GeographyGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hewens College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
78
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
26
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
26
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
89
50
39
Year 8
110
55
55
Year 9
90
59
31
Year 10
86
46
40
Year 11
94
54
40
Year 12
10
6
4
Year 13
3
0
3
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
25.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
6.0%
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
67.0%
69.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
16.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
14.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020