Brentside High School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "Brentside High School is a high achieving, vibrant, successful secondary school, which provides high quality education for the young people in our care. It is a place where students' talents and abilities are fostered and inspired and where the unique capabilities, gifts and needs of each individual are recognised and supported."

In 2026, pupils at Brentside High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.2 in Ealing and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 58% in Ealing and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.04: pupils made about 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 36.4, against 46.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 79 families put Brentside High School as their first choice and 482 named it as one of their preferences, for 190 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 Brentside High School are The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 58.1); Drayton Manor High School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.8); William Perkin Church of England High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 60.8); and Dormers Wells High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Brentside High School.

83 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brentside High School (as of September 2025): 60% would recommend the school, 71% say their child is happy there and 51% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (81%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (51%).

Of the 271 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college.

Of the 141 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

46.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 62.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

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

In 2026, 201 pupils (13.6%) received SEN support and 26 (1.8%) 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 railway station is Castle Bar Park Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenford Ave /Ruislip Rd East, 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Brentside High School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 329 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Ealing (586).

In 2024/25, Brentside High School issued 292 suspensions, 18.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Brentside High School are Brentside Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Woodlands Academy (0.5 miles), Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Mayfield Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.