Heston Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 13 2022 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
Hounslow
Unique reference
138924
Address
Heston Road, Heston, TW5 0QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1327 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
50%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.6%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 35.1%
Other 15.7%
African 11%
Pakistani 10.6%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 6.9%
Other Asian 6.5%
White British 3.1%
Unclassified 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.45
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 49.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award34
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE93
Art & DesignGCSE50
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE95
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE191
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Heston Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
152
3rd preference
148
From another Local Authority
97
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
23
To another Local Authority
20
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
98
107
Year 8
201
105
96
Year 9
205
111
94
Year 10
204
113
91
Year 11
205
107
98
Year 12
162
82
80
Year 13
145
81
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.9%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
25.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
65.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
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
90.0%
78.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
21.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
19.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020