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Best secondary schools in Hillingdon

21 of 22 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Hillingdon schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Bishopshalt School Uxbridge 1.05 Good oversubscribed 1.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Northwood School Northwood 0.76 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Queensmead School Ruislip hidden gem 0.68 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Swakeleys School for Girls Uxbridge hidden gem 0.64 Good declining undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Barnhill Community High School Hayes 0.62 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Ruislip High School Ruislip 0.62 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Uxbridge hidden gem 0.55 Good undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 De Salis Studio College Hayes 0.47 Good declining — approximate
9 Vyners School Uxbridge 0.36 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Rosedale College Hayes hidden gem 0.31 Good undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Harlington School Hayes 0.27 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Bishop Ramsey Church of England School Ruislip 0.2 Not judged undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Hewens College Hayes 0.2 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Uxbridge High School Uxbridge 0.12 Not judged improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Haydon School Pinner hidden gem -0.19 Good undersubscribed 0.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Oak Wood School Uxbridge hidden gem -0.24 Good improving undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Park Academy West London Hillingdon -0.3 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Harefield School Uxbridge hidden gem -0.66 Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Parkside Studio College Hayes -1.31 Good — approximate
20 UTC Heathrow Northwood -1.61 Good — approximate
21 Global Academy Middlesex -1.9 Not judged — approximate

Also in Hillingdon

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Hillingdon, not a fairer one.

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