Nishkam School West London[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 64 64.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 95% 95% 2024/25[4]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 64.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 78.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 33.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.92 2023/24[5]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[6]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	62.4[7]	76.9%[7]
2023/24	61.1[5]	78.4%[5]	+0.92[5]
2022/23	60.1[8]	75%[8]	+0.92[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 27.3% 2024/25[3]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 95% 2024/25[4]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 36% 2024/25[4]
Reading, average scaled score: 111 2024/25[4]
Maths, average scaled score: 113 2024/25[4]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
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	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	94%[10]	35%[10]	110[10]	111[10]
2022/23	88%[11]	27%[11]	109[11]	111[11]
2018/19	88%[12]	14%[12]	107[12]	109[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 76% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 2% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 11% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[13]

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: 24 Jan 2024[14]
Type: S5 Inspection[14]
Report published: 17 Mar 2024[14]
Personal development: Outstanding[14]
Quality of education: Outstanding[14]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[14]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[14]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[14]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[14]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
7 Jul 2022[15]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[15]	No overall grade[15]
14 Sep 2016[16]	S5 Inspection[16]	Outstanding[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 213 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 117 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 112 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	221[17]	136[17]	105[17]	2.1[17]	1.3[17]
Entry Sept 2024	250[17]	137[17]	108[17]	2.3[17]	1.3[17]
Entry Sept 2023	242[17]	125[17]	108[17]	2.2[17]	1.2[17]
Entry Sept 2022	240[17]	135[17]	108[17]	2.2[17]	1.3[17]

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications (any preference): 2 Entry Sept 2025[17]
First preferences: 2 Entry Sept 2025[17]
Places offered: 0 Entry Sept 2025[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2024	446[17]	170[17]	54[17]	8.3[17]	3.1[17]
Entry Sept 2023	441[17]	139[17]	54[17]	8.2[17]	2.6[17]
Entry Sept 2022	406[17]	127[17]	52[17]	7.8[17]	2.4[17]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Sikh[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 1400[1]
Trust: NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Hounslow[1]
Website: www.nishkamschooltrust.org [1]
District: Hounslow [18]
Postcode: TW7 5PN[1]
URN: 139720[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1439 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 47.7% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 4.2% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 2.2% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 14.4% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 0.5%[20]
Mixed: 8.4%[20]
Asian: 75.9%[20]
Black: 0.5%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 12.5%[20]
Unclassified: 2.1%[20]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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