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The Douay Martyrs Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
23.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.55 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 52.6[6] 54.4%[6]
2023/24 54.8[4] 57.6%[4] +0.55[4]
2022/23 52[7] 51%[7] +0.43[7]
2021/22 56.6[8] 62%[8] +0.69[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
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 C[10] 8.4%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 4.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 16.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 15.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 71%[15] 4%[15] 23%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 67%[16] 6%[16] 21%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 69%[17] 5%[17] 20%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 55%[18] 6%[18] 28%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 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 92%[20] 79%[20] 3%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 77%[21] 7%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 81%[22] 3%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 84%[23] 5%[23] 5%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
23% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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] 22%[26]
2019/20 91%[25] 24%[25] 23%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 11%[27] 11%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 74%[28] 9%[28] 9%[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
30 Apr 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
9 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Oct 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
27 Feb 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
726 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
169 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
235 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 682[32] 145[32] 235[32] 2.9[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 708[32] 165[32] 238[32] 3.0[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 729[32] 174[32] 236[32] 3.1[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 696[32] 165[32] 251[32] 2.8[32] 0.7[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1297[1]
Trust
THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://www.douaymartyrs.co.uk/[1]
District
Hillingdon[33]
Postcode
UB10 8QY[1]
URN
137925[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1437 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
35.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
36.2%[35]
Mixed
11.7%[35]
Asian
27%[35]
Black
14.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
5.5%[35]
Unclassified
5.4%[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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    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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