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Barnhill Community High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 53.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
66.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.62 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 53.1[6] 57.9%[6]
2023/24 55.6[4] 69.1%[4] +0.62[4]
2022/23 53.2[7] 60%[7] +0.66[7]
2021/22 55.7[8] 66%[8] +0.79[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
20.6% 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 C+[10] 17.5%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 17.2%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 26.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 15.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 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 94%[15] 67%[15] 1%[15] 22%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 64%[16] 2%[16] 26%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 71%[17] 2%[17] 23%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 66%[18] 1%[18] 27%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 62%[20] 1%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 86%[21] 3%[21] 4%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 79%[22] 4%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 69%[23] 2%[23] 12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 88%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 26%[25] 24%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 22%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 67%[28] 8%[28] 7%[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
20 Feb 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
24 Apr 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Nov 2022[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
14 Sep 2016[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
928 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
387 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
227 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 896[32] 376[32] 234[32] 3.8[32] 1.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 688[32] 263[32] 234[32] 2.9[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 649[32] 255[32] 267[32] 2.4[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 617[32] 219[32] 231[32] 2.7[32] 0.9[32]

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
1422[1]
Trust
MIDDLESEX LEARNING PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://www.barnhill.school[1]
District
Hillingdon[33]
Postcode
UB4 9LE[1]
URN
137844[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1569 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
67.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
8.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
13.5%[35]
Mixed
19.5%[35]
Asian
34%[35]
Black
18.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
12.3%[35]
Unclassified
2%[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

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    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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    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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