Queensmead School, Ruislip

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Queensmead School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve very well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school regularly and understand why regular attendance matters."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that helps pupils build their knowledge over time."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders ensure that staff have the necessary expertise to identify pupils' needs early and evaluate carefully any changes over time."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders provide clear direction for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a personal development programme that helps them grow as confident, responsible and thoughtful young people."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Students in the sixth form benefit from a well‑designed and ambitious programme that prepares them securely for their next steps."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas. They should seek continued improvement, overcoming barriers and challenges, in order to drive a transformational impact for all pupils. This includes disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing".

In 2026, pupils at Queensmead School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Hillingdon and 47 across England.

68% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Hillingdon and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.68: 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 45.4, against 59.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 195 families put Queensmead School as their first choice and 707 named it as one of their preferences, for 236 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 36 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Queensmead School are Islip Manor High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.2); Rooks Heath School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.3); Ruislip High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.1); and Alec Reed Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 44).

Queensmead School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Queensmead School is one of 20 schools run by Partnership Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.4 in 2024/25.

91 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Queensmead School (as of April 2026): 91% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 146 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 81% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 8% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

50.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (32%), White British (19%) and Mixed (18%).

In 2026, 181 pupils (12.1%) received SEN support and 22 (1.5%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is South Ruislip Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queens Walk, 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Queensmead School issued 151 suspensions, 10.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Queensmead School are Deanesfield Primary School (0.2 miles), Bourne Primary School (0.5 miles), St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Field End Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.