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Uxbridge High School

URN
136768
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Uxbridge High School
URN
136768
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

55 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

51

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

38

Destinations

57

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#17 of 19 schools in Hillingdon

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Uxbridge High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
29 January 2025
Inspection date
12 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

216

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

970

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

216

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.49×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hillingdon
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Hillingdon)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.uhs.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hillingdon to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

43.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

39.4%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

61.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

50.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

UB8 2PR - The Greenway, Uxbridge, Middlesex

Contact details

Address
The Greenway, Uxbridge, Middlesex
Postcode
UB8 2PR
Phone
1895234060
Website
http://www.uhs.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hillingdon
Local authority code
312

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 190 schools in Hillingdon.

Authority statistics

Total schools

190

Open schools

111

Closed schools

78

Primary schools

108

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    29 January 202512 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 29 January 2025
    9 November 202328 September 2023-School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 9 November 2023
    • Inspection

      Published
      29 January 2025
      Inspected
      12 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

      Published
      9 November 2023
      Inspected
      28 September 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    22.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 142

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    11.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    32.6

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.11

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    12.5%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    88.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    41

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary108 (57.1%)
    • Secondary41 (21.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other40 (21.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Uxbridge High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Brunel University459 mNot applicableOpen
    John Locke Academy526 mPrimaryOpen
    St Andrew's C of E Primary School643 mPrimaryOpen
    Whitehall Infant School663 mPrimaryOpen, but proposed to close
    Whitehall Junior School663 mPrimaryOpen
    Bishopshalt School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    Bishopshalt School1.0 kmSecondaryOpen
    ACS Hillingdon International School1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    Pield Heath House RC School1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Uxbridge High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Brunel University
      Distance
      459 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • John Locke Academy
      Distance
      526 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Andrew's C of E Primary School
      Distance
      643 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Hillingdon)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Barnhill Community High SchoolSecondaryUB4 9LEOpen
    Barnhill Community High SchoolSecondaryUB4 9LEClosed
    Barnhill SchoolSecondaryUB4 9LDClosed
    Bishop Ramsey Church of England SchoolSecondaryHA4 8EEOpen
    Bishop Ramsey CofE Voluntary Aided Secondary SchoolSecondaryHA4 8EEClosed
    • Barnhill Community High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      UB4 9LE
      Status
      Open
    • Barnhill Community High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      UB4 9LE
      Status
      Closed
    • Barnhill School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      UB4 9LD
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HA4 8EE
      Status
      Open
    • Bishop Ramsey CofE Voluntary Aided Secondary School
    Whitehall Infant School
    Distance
    663 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open, but proposed to close
  • Whitehall Junior School
    Distance
    663 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Bishopshalt School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Bishopshalt School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • ACS Hillingdon International School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Pield Heath House RC School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    HA4 8EE
    Status
    Closed