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Harefield School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 34 33.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
33.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
13.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.66 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 37.1[6] 20%[6]
2023/24 37.7[4] 18.2%[4] -0.66[4]
2022/23 34.8[7] 19%[7] -0.74[7]
2021/22 36.1[8] 25%[8] -1.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2022/23[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[11]
2022/23 D-[9] 0%[9]
2021/22 D[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 13.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
22% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
8% 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 83%[15] 27%[15] 0%[15] 50%[15] 3%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 36%[16] 0%[16] 41%[16] 3%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 88%[17] 26%[17] 0%[17] 45%[17] 5%[17] 9%[17]
2018/19 88%[18] 38%[18] 0%[18] 33%[18] 10%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
74% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
19% 2022/23[19]
Education
29% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 67%[20] 28%[20] 33%[20] 11%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 96%[21] 63%[21] 63%[21] 13%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 74%[22] 37%[22] 41%[22] 15%[22] 19%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 46%[23] 46%[23] 4%[23] 33%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
44% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
10% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
5% 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 65%[26] 22%[26]
2019/20 60%[25] 20%[25] 10%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 57%[27] 27%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 38%[28] 4%[28] 2%[28] 0%[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
6 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
23 Jun 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
10 Feb 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
156 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
54 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
77 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 119[31] 32[31] 64[31] 1.9[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 110[31] 20[31] 58[31] 1.9[31] 0.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 115[31] 34[31] 65[31] 1.8[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 108[31] 26[31] 41[31] 2.6[31] 0.6[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
90 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://www.hfschool.org.uk[1]
District
Hillingdon[33]
Postcode
UB9 6ET[1]
URN
135004[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
254 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
22.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
61.7%[35]
Mixed
8.7%[35]
Asian
9.1%[35]
Black
10.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
7.3%[35]
Unclassified
3.1%[35]

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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  10. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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  32. files.schudio.com: files.schudio.com — Admissions Policy 2027-2028-3 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Published Admissions Number (PAN) 3.1 Harefield School has a PAN of 90 for entry into Year 7 in 2027. (p. 2)
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