Barnhill Community High School, Hayes

In 2026, pupils at Barnhill Community High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Hillingdon and 47 across England.

67% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Hillingdon and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 53.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.62: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 49.9, against 56.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Combined Science and Biology.

For September 2026 entry, 387 families put Barnhill Community High School as their first choice and 928 named it as one of their preferences, for 227 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 182 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Barnhill Community High School are Alec Reed Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44); Greenford High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); Parkside Studio College (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 26.7); and Rosedale College (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.9).

Barnhill Community High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Barnhill Community High School is one of 3 schools run by Middlesex Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 220 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 21% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 145 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

37.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 63.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), Mixed (20%) and Black (19%).

In 2026, 218 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 37 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest Underground station is Northolt Underground Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barnhill Community High School, 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 484 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hillingdon (256), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Barnhill Community High School issued 94 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Barnhill Community High School are Belmore Primary Academy (0.1 miles), Brookside Primary School (0.2 miles), Downe Manor Primary School (0.3 miles) and Viking Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.