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Springwest Academy

URN
137618
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Springwest Academy
URN
137618
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

60 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

45

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

52

Destinations

38

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#16 of 17 schools in Hounslow

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: High competition
  • Admissions risk: 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.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Springwest Academy

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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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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Springwest Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
9 May 2023
Inspection date
13 March 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 9 May 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 9 May 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

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)

193

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

375

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

169

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.94×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hounslow 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

40.4

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

27.9%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

52.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

27.3%

EBacc achievement

Location

TW13 7EF - Browells Lane, Feltham

Contact details

Address
Browells Lane, Feltham
Postcode
TW13 7EF
Phone
2088313000
Website
http://www.springwestacademy.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hounslow
Local authority code
313

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 166 schools in Hounslow.

Authority statistics

Total schools

166

Open schools

90

Closed schools

76

Primary schools

93

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.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 9 May 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 9 May 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 9 May 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    9 May 202313 March 2023S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 9 May 2023
    • Good

      Published
      9 May 2023
      Inspected
      13 March 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    45.1%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 121

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

    EBacc achievement

    10.3%

    Post-16 (A level)

    z

    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

    Not published

    Value added

    Value added

    Not published

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    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 %

    80.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    12.0%

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

    Secondary schools

    30

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary93 (56.0%)
    • Secondary30 (18.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other43 (25.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Logic Studio School0 mSecondaryOpen
    The Rise Free School0 mNot applicableOpen
    Feltham Community College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Cardinal Primary School521 mPrimaryOpen
    Victoria Junior School537 mPrimaryClosed
    St Lawrence Catholic Primary School590 mPrimaryOpen
    Reach Academy Hanworth Park708 mAll-throughOpen
    Reach Academy Feltham735 mAll-throughOpen
    Sparrow Farm Junior School955 mPrimaryClosed
    Sparrow Farm Primary School955 mPrimaryOpen
    • Logic Studio School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • The Rise Free School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Feltham Community College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Cardinal Primary School
      Distance
      521 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Hounslow)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bolder AcademySecondaryTW7 5DBOpen
    Brentford School for GirlsSecondaryTW8 0PGOpen
    Brentford School for GirlsSecondaryTW8 0PGClosed
    Chiswick Community SchoolSecondaryW4 3UNClosed
    Chiswick SchoolSecondaryW4 3UNOpen
    • Bolder Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TW7 5DB
      Status
      Open
    • Brentford School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TW8 0PG
      Status
      Open
    • Brentford School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TW8 0PG
      Status
      Closed
    • Chiswick Community School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W4 3UN
      Status
      Closed
    • Chiswick School
    Victoria Junior School
    Distance
    537 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Lawrence Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    590 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Reach Academy Hanworth Park
    Distance
    708 m
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Open
  • Reach Academy Feltham
    Distance
    735 m
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Open
  • Sparrow Farm Junior School
    Distance
    955 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Sparrow Farm Primary School
    Distance
    955 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    W4 3UN
    Status
    Open