Global Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hillingdon
Unique reference
142887
Address
The Old Vinyl Factory, 1 Record Walk, Hayes, UB3 1DH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
419 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
37.5%
Girls
62.5%
First language not English
20.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.3%
Persistent absence
40.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.8%
Mixed 16.7%
Caribbean 11.5%
Other White 10%
Indian 6.2%
African 6%
Other 4.1%
Other Black 2.6%
Unclassified 2.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Irish 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.6
Local authority average 48.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.62
Local authority average 4.32
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE6
ChemistryGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE58
English LiteratureGCSE34
MathematicsGCSE58
PhysicsGCSE6
SpanishGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
70
17
53
Year 11
72
30
42
Year 12
135
50
85
Year 13
113
45
68
Year 14
29
15
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
91.0%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
25.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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
58.0%
69.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
16.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
14.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020