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Brentside High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 44.1[6] 41.4%[6]
2023/24 45.7[4] 41.7%[4] -0.04[4]
2022/23 45.9[7] 43%[7] +0.01[7]
2021/22 49.3[8] 48%[8] +0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 18.8%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 9.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 13.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 64%[15] 24%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 64%[16] 2%[16] 26%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 67%[17] 2%[17] 22%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 64%[18] 1%[18] 26%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 69%[20] 70%[20] 2%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 61%[21] 64%[21] 2%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 79%[22] 64%[22] 69%[22] 2%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 67%[23] 76%[23] 1%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 79%[26] 38%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 19%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 7%[27] 9%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 83%[28] 11%[28] 12%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
29 Apr 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
9 Jun 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Feb 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
482 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
79 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
190 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 520[32] 62[32] 185[32] 2.8[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 662[32] 106[32] 238[32] 2.8[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 808[32] 135[32] 288[32] 2.8[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 773[32] 112[32] 266[32] 2.9[32] 0.4[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
224 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1600[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
http://www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk/[1]
District
Ealing[34]
Postcode
W7 1JJ[1]
URN
101939[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1589 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
61.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
47.6% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
20%[36]
Mixed
4.4%[36]
Asian
18.9%[36]
Black
19.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
34.1%[36]
Unclassified
2.8%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Planned Admission Limit (or agreed admission number) for the year group is 224. (p. 1)
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