Bishopshalt School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 4 2021 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
Hillingdon
Unique reference
137633
Address
Royal Lane, Hillingdon, UB8 3RF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1292 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
32.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.6%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 25.6%
Mixed 15.7%
Indian 13.1%
Other 10%
African 7.8%
Other White 7.7%
Pakistani 6.8%
Other Asian 5.8%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
Caribbean 1.1%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.88
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.6
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.04
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
DanceGCSE17
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bishopshalt School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
291
2nd preference
361
3rd preference
233
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
3
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
130
87
Year 8
186
125
61
Year 9
186
109
77
Year 10
186
95
91
Year 11
185
102
83
Year 12
179
76
103
Year 13
153
76
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.2%
85.6%
Further education
14.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
76.0%
61.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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
83.0%
69.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
17.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021