Chiswick School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 28 2025 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
Hounslow
Unique reference
137907
Address
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, W4 3UN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1590 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
26.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.8%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.4%
Other White 21.4%
Mixed 15.6%
Other 10.6%
African 8.7%
Unclassified 3.8%
Caribbean 1.9%
Indian 1.8%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 1.4%
Pakistani 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 58%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 63%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.4
Local authority average 49.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.18
Local authority average 4.59
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)25
ArabicGCSE9
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE59
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE42
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chiswick School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
158
From another Local Authority
469
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
78
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 classes23.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
127
112
Year 8
236
121
115
Year 9
235
124
111
Year 10
238
118
120
Year 11
238
126
112
Year 12
207
95
112
Year 13
197
118
79
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
16.0%
27.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
74.0%
61.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.6%
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
88.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
21.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022