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Swakeleys School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 57.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
68.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.64 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 55.9[6] 56.7%[6]
2023/24 55.5[4] 61.3%[4] +0.64[4]
2022/23 53.4[7] 59%[7] +0.49[7]
2021/22 59.2[8] 69%[8] +0.93[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.3% 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 C+[10] 8.2%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 7.7%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 12.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 11.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 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 98%[15] 77%[15] 2%[15] 16%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 75%[16] 5%[16] 17%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 74%[17] 2%[17] 22%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 68%[18] 6%[18] 20%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
73% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 71%[20] 73%[20] 2%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 79%[21] 80%[21] 1%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 70%[22] 76%[22] 2%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 60%[23] 66%[23] 6%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
32% 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 90%[26] 37%[26]
2019/20 84%[25] 33%[25] 32%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 74%[27] 21%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 19%[28] 16%[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
17 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
499 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
185 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
239 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 512[30] 199[30] 234[30] 2.2[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2024 542[30] 202[30] 239[30] 2.3[30] 0.8[30]
Entry Sept 2023 556[30] 236[30] 237[30] 2.3[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2022 627[30] 290[30] 226[30] 2.8[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1174[1]
Trust
SWAKELEYS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://swakeleys.hillingdon.sch.uk/[1]
District
Hillingdon[31]
Postcode
UB10 0EJ[1]
URN
136631[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1398 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
56.1% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
7.2% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.6% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
11.5%[33]
Mixed
12.8%[33]
Asian
46.5%[33]
Black
9.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
17.7%[33]
Unclassified
1.6%[33]

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

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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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