Brentford School for Girls, Brentford

On phones, the school says: "The same confiscation rules for jewellery apply to mobile phones."

In 2026, pupils at Brentford School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48 in Hounslow and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Hounslow and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: pupils made 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 42.8, against 51.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 56 families put Brentford School for Girls as their first choice and 293 named it as one of their preferences, for 92 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Brentford School for Girls are Gunnersbury Catholic School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.8); Ealing Fields Church of England High School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 66.6); The Green School for Boys (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); and The Green School for Girls (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.9).

Brentford School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

43 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brentford School for Girls (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 83% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (83%).

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 69 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 67% went on to university or other higher education and 9% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

56% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (30%), other ethnic groups (23%) and White British (14%).

In 2026, 67 pupils (8.8%) received SEN support and 18 (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 autism.

Brentford School for Girls has a SEN unit for autism: 12 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Brentford, about 290 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Half Acre, 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Brentford School for Girls issued 77 suspensions, 9.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Brentford School for Girls are St Paul's CofE Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Green Dragon Primary School (0.5 miles), Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Lionel Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.