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Ruislip High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.62 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 54.1[6] 59%[6]
2023/24 54.1[4] 56.9%[4] +0.62[4]
2022/23 53.8[7] 55%[7] +0.50[7]
2021/22 55.1[8] 63%[8] +0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.1% 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] 7.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 9.5%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 21.2%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
67% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 58%[15] 4%[15] 28%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 56%[16] 2%[16] 31%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 69%[17] 2%[17] 17%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 45%[18] 8%[18] 32%[18] 7%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
66% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 68%[20] 69%[20] 4%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 61%[21] 63%[21] 6%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 53%[22] 54%[22] 9%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 60%[23] 64%[23] 7%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 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 68%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 60%[25] 11%[25] 13%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 17%[27] 13%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 8%[28] 8%[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
5 Dec 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
29 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
948 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
254 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
193 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1026[30] 275[30] 196[30] 5.2[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 954[30] 223[30] 202[30] 4.7[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 935[30] 263[30] 200[30] 4.7[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 876[30] 189[30] 191[30] 4.6[30] 1.0[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
210 Entry Sept 2027[31]

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
1300[1]
Trust
VANGUARD LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hillingdon[1]
Website
http://www.ruisliphigh.com[1]
District
Hillingdon[32]
Postcode
HA4 0BY[1]
URN
140748[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1283 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
27.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
56.6%[34]
Mixed
15.2%[34]
Asian
16.5%[34]
Black
4.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
7.1%[34]
Unclassified
0.1%[34]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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
    Section 2: Admissions number 2.1 Published Admissions Number The local governing body has set its Published Admission Number ("PAN") at 210 pupils for entry into Year 7 in (p. 3)
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