Northwood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 3 2018 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
137829
Address
Pinner Road, HA6 1QN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
999 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
39.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.8%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.4%
Indian 16.9%
Other White 12.7%
Mixed 12.6%
Other 6%
African 4.1%
Pakistani 3%
Other Asian 2.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Caribbean 1.5%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.62
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award48
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award47
TourismTechnical Award34
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE38
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Northwood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
254
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
170
From another Local Authority
340
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
54
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
87
92
Year 8
179
87
92
Year 9
179
105
74
Year 10
178
97
81
Year 11
178
87
91
Year 12
52
30
22
Year 13
54
28
26
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
25.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
88.0%
69.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
16.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
14.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
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
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