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Queensmead School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 57.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
68.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.68 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 55.5[6] 62.5%[6]
2023/24 56.2[4] 64%[4] +0.68[4]
2022/23 56.4[7] 66%[7] +0.66[7]
2021/22 56.5[8] 62%[8] +0.81[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.7% 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] 21.5%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 22.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 22.4%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 25%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 95%[15] 68%[15] 2%[15] 24%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 56%[16] 5%[16] 29%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 62%[17] 5%[17] 24%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 60%[18] 3%[18] 29%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 65%[20] 5%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 74%[21] 2%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 61%[22] 6%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 75%[23] 6%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
20% 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 83%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 31%[25] 26%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 31%[27] 27%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 25%[28] 22%[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
13 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Jul 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
707 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
195 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
236 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 709[31] 223[31] 238[31] 3.0[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 775[31] 258[31] 235[31] 3.3[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 870[31] 259[31] 237[31] 3.7[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 857[31] 235[31] 230[31] 3.7[31] 1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1476[1]
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
www.queensmeadschool.org.uk[1]
District
Hillingdon[32]
Postcode
HA4 0LS[1]
URN
136711[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1499 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
51.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
29.6%[34]
Mixed
17.8%[34]
Asian
32.3%[34]
Black
8.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
8.1%[34]
Unclassified
3.6%[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

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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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