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Heston Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 46.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.29 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 49.6[6] 52.7%[6]
2023/24 48.6[4] 51%[4] +0.29[4]
2022/23 48.1[7] 52%[7] +0.46[7]
2021/22 51.5[8] 60%[8] +0.55[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
18.5% 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] 9%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 8.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 14.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 2.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
30% 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 95%[15] 73%[15] 0%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 71%[16] 0%[16] 23%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 83%[17] 0%[17] 13%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 78%[18] 0%[18] 18%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 70%[20] 3%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 79%[21] 65%[21] 1%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 81%[22] 1%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 77%[23] 5%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
10% 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 87%[26] 22%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 11%[25] 10%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 10%[27] 11%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 83%[28] 11%[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
13 Dec 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
6 Feb 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Jul 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
541 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
121 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
193 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 552[32] 151[32] 194[32] 2.8[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 637[32] 143[32] 200[32] 3.2[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 692[32] 152[32] 201[32] 3.4[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 655[32] 142[32] 197[32] 3.3[32] 0.7[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
200 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1395[1]
Trust
HESTON COMMUNITY ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hounslow[1]
Website
http://www.hestoncommunityschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Hounslow[34]
Postcode
TW5 0QR[1]
URN
138924[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1323 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
49.1% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
4.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
9.2%[36]
Mixed
7.1%[36]
Asian
50.4%[36]
Black
13%[36]
Any other ethnic group
20.1%[36]
Unclassified
0.3%[36]

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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    Quote
    3.4 The Pupil Admission Number [PAN] for the School is 200. (p. 5)
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