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Dormers Wells High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
23.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.63 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 49.1[6] 54.4%[6]
2023/24 49.6[4] 56.4%[4] +0.63[4]
2022/23 52.4[7] 60%[7] +0.69[7]
2021/22 55.4[8] 63%[8] +0.89[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.2% 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] 7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 7.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 7.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
72% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[15]
Employment
0% 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] 70%[15] 1%[15] 22%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 71%[16] 0%[16] 24%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 65%[17] 30%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 65%[18] 3%[18] 25%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
70% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 76%[20] 78%[20] 2%[20] 11%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 82%[21] 85%[21] 0%[21] 7%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 80%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 80%[23] 80%[23] 1%[23] 4%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
20% 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 89%[26] 22%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 21%[25] 20%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 86%[27] 19%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 86%[28] 24%[28] 21%[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
3 Feb 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
26 Mar 2026[29]
Inclusion
Exceptional[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
553 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
174 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
228 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 684[31] 215[31] 242[31] 2.8[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 663[31] 209[31] 239[31] 2.8[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 657[31] 185[31] 240[31] 2.7[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022 623[31] 196[31] 239[31] 2.6[31] 0.8[31]

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
1400[1]
Trust
DORMERS WELLS LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
http://dwhs.co.uk/[1]
District
Ealing[32]
Postcode
UB1 3HZ[1]
URN
145348[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1485 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
84.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
5.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
4.9%[34]
Mixed
2.8%[34]
Asian
67.7%[34]
Black
11.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
13.2%[34]
Unclassified
0.2%[34]

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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