Villiers High School, Southall

In its own words: "We were delighted to have received outcome 1, the highest outcome possible for an ungraded inspection, in our most recent visit in March 2025. " The school has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection"."

In 2026, pupils at Villiers High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.2 in Ealing and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 58% in Ealing and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.5: 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 46.9, against 53.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Social Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 137 families put Villiers High School as their first choice and 456 named it as one of their preferences, for 174 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 Villiers High School are Dormers Wells High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.2); Featherstone High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.6); Guru Nanak Sikh Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 56.1); and The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 58.1).

Villiers High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

74 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Villiers High School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 73% 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) (73%).

Of the 262 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 124 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 73% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 85.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (73%), Black (10%) and other ethnic groups (8%).

In 2026, 155 pupils (10.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Southall Rail Station, about 450 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Southall Broadway, 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Villiers High School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 882 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 Ealing (586), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Villiers High School issued 38 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Villiers High School are Hambrough Primary School (0.2 miles), North Primary School (0.3 miles), Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles) and Blair Peach Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.