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Featherstone High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.60 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 48.8[6] 48.9%[6]
2023/24 50.9[4] 56.8%[4] +0.60[4]
2022/23 50.5[7] 56%[7] +0.84[7]
2021/22 54.9[8] 65%[8] +1.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.5% 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] 12.2%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 19.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 13%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 5.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2021/22[15]
Employment
0% 2019/20[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 81%[15] 0%[15] 15%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 94%[17] 76%[17] 0%[17] 16%[17]
2019/20 97%[16] 83%[16] 0%[16] 14%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2018/19 97%[18] 80%[18] 1%[18] 14%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
67% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 70%[20] 70%[20] 4%[20] 8%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 78%[21] 79%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 77%[22] 81%[22] 1%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 68%[23] 73%[23] 2%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
79% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 86%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 19%[25] 16%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 84%[27] 17%[27] 16%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 17%[28] 13%[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
11 Mar 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 Apr 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
563 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
273 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
282 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 663[30] 297[30] 279[30] 2.4[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 666[30] 273[30] 280[30] 2.4[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 713[30] 305[30] 280[30] 2.5[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 657[30] 275[30] 279[30] 2.4[30] 1.0[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1627[1]
Trust
GRAND UNION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk[1]
District
Ealing[31]
Postcode
UB2 5HF[1]
URN
137729[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1773 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
83.8% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
8.8% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.5% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
1.4%[33]
Mixed
2.8%[33]
Asian
76.4%[33]
Black
10.5%[33]
Any other ethnic group
7.3%[33]
Unclassified
1.7%[33]

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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