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Gunnersbury Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 60 59.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
75.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.99 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 63.5[6] 80.7%[6]
2023/24 63.7[4] 81.4%[4] +0.99[4]
2022/23 64.6[7] 86%[7] +1.13[7]
2021/22 64.4[8] 82%[8] +0.78[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
24.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 27.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 19.1%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 25.7%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 17%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
79% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 81%[15] 1%[15] 10%[15] 3%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 80%[16] 2%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 77%[17] 5%[17] 12%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 82%[18] 2%[18] 11%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
76% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 78%[20] 1%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 74%[21] 0%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 68%[23] 1%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
35% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 86%[26] 39%[26]
2019/20 91%[25] 30%[25] 26%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 31%[27] 25%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 27%[28] 22%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
17 Jan 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
7 Mar 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
609 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
139 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
184 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 631[30] 133[30] 184[30] 3.4[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024 569[30] 120[30] 184[30] 3.1[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 574[30] 97[30] 184[30] 3.1[30] 0.5[30]
Entry Sept 2022 564[30] 81[30] 182[30] 3.1[30] 0.4[30]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[31]
Places (published admission number)
184 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1228[1]
Local authority
Hounslow[1]
Website
http://www.gunnersbury.com/[1]
District
Hounslow[32]
Postcode
TW8 9LB[1]
URN
102545[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1236 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
16.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
11.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.8%[34]
Mixed
12.6%[34]
Asian
12.6%[34]
Black
14.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
8.9%[34]
Unclassified
1.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  31. gunnersbury.com: gunnersbury.com document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    All applicants must complete and return an Online Application Form to their Local Authority by 31 October 2026. 2. (p. 11)
    Year 6/7 Transfer The published admission number for the School is 184 pupils per year. (p. 2)
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