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Global Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 27 27.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
27.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.90 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 30.8[5] 30%[5]
2023/24 27.3[3] 25%[3] -1.90[3]
2022/23 30.6[6] 33%[6] -1.41[6]
2021/22 32.9[7] 46%[7] -1.66[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2021/22[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2021/22[8]
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
2018/19 E+[10] 0%[10]
2017/18 C-[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
38% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[12]
Employment
0% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[13] 54%[13] 1%[13] 32%[13] 0%[13] 3%[13]
2020/21 89%[14] 45%[14] 4%[14] 29%[14] 4%[14] 5%[14]
2019/20 87%[15] 60%[15] 3%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2018/19 90%[16] 51%[16] 4%[16] 33%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[17]
Education
43% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
14% 2022/23[17]
Employment
22% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[18] 42%[18] 19%[18] 24%[18]
2020/21 89%[19] 53%[19] 11%[19] 24%[19]
2019/20 87%[20] 59%[20] 12%[20] 16%[20]
2018/19 78%[21] 33%[21] 13%[21] 33%[21]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
46% 2021/22[22]
Top third of most selective universities
7% 2021/22[22]
Russell Group universities
5% 2019/20[23]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[23]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 45%[24] 6%[24]
2019/20 58%[23] 7%[23] 5%[23] 0%[23]
2018/19 34%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2017/18 28%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26]

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
4 Mar 2025[27]
Type
S5 Inspection[27]
Report published
24 Mar 2025[27]
Personal development
Outstanding[27]
Quality of education
Good[27]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[27]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[27]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[27]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[27]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Mar 2019[28] S5 Inspection[28] Good[28]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
University technical college[1]
Ages
14–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
GLOBAL ACADEMY UTC TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
www.globalacademy.com[1]
District
Hillingdon[29]
Postcode
UB3 1DH[1]
URN
142887[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
495 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
23.2% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
18.2% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.7% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50%[31]
Mixed
16.7%[31]
Asian
10.1%[31]
Black
18.3%[31]
Any other ethnic group
3.6%[31]
Unclassified
1.3%[31]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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