Featherstone High School | Secondary with sixth form in Southall, Ealing | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

Featherstone High School

SecondaryPost 16

Ealing · Southall · UB2 5HF www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk

Pupils
1,748
cap. 1,627
Ages
11 - 18
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report card

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Latest inspection
11 Mar 2025
Area judgements only

Ofsted no longer gives state-funded schools a single overall grade.

Area judgements

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Good

Other Ofsted reports

3 reports
28 Jan 2015
Full inspectionOutstanding
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14 Feb 2012
Academy conversion letter
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13 Dec 2011
Curriculum and development visit
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

Last published allocation was 2,449 m (straight line).

Offer day 2 Mar 2026 · Sep 2026 entry · Last criterion: Criterion 4 Distance last place 1.522 of a mile. Published offers: EHCP 7, siblings 73, distance 202 (27 refused). Straight-line (Ealing Council).

This does not guarantee you will get a place.

Ealing allocation table

Admissions policy · Non-selective

This school is in Ealing. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

GCSE 9–4
69%
-7pp
LA
74%
England
66%
80%75%69%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
GCSE 5+
49%
-8pp
LA
58%
England
46%
65%57%49%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Attainment 8
48.8
-2.1
LA
53.2
England
46.8
54.951.848.8
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc entry
100%
+15pp
LA
64%
England
41%
100%57%14%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc APS
12.9
-0.5
LA
10.9
England
7.7
13.411.810.3
'18'19'22'23'24'25

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8 (2023/24 cohort)+0.60
Well above average
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
38.7
+4.7
LA
34.5
England
32.4
38.735.131.6
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
A-level value added
+0.35
+0.4
LA
-0.02
+0.3+0.1-0.1
'17'18'19'24'25
AAB+ in facilitating subjects
22%
+10pp
LA
17%
England
14%
23%14%5%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Average A-level grade
B
+1
BC+C
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Value added compared with other schools

A-level value added+0.35
Above average
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Destinations

Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment

After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25

94%

staying in education or employment

3% did not stay in education or employment

3% no destination recorded

Education94%
Apprenticeships
Employment

After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25

85%

staying in education or employment

10% did not stay in education or employment

5% no destination recorded

Education68%
Apprenticeships4%
Employment14%

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
1,773
cap. 1,627
1,7801,6761,572
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
17.8
LA AVG 16.37:1
19.017.415.7
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
EAL
84%
LA AVG 53.41%
85%83%81%
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FSM eligible
37%
LA AVG 35.29%
40%32%23%
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SEN
10%
LA AVG 12.49%
13%11%10%
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Overall absence
6%
LA
8%
England
9%
6%5%3%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Persistent absence
16%
LA
24%
England
24%
18%11%4%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Overview

Address11 Montague Waye, Southall, UB2 5HF
Telephone02088430984
Local authorityEaling
PhaseSecondary with sixth form
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio17.8:1
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterDoes not apply
Finance£8031 spend / pupil£8777 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Became an academy 1 Dec 2011 (was URN 101931)

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSCohort
2024/2569%49%48.8Not applicable100%12.9274
2023/2476%57%50.9+0.6085%13.4273
2022/2373%56%50.5+0.8478%12.8268
2021/2280%65%54.9+1.1275%13.3259
2018/1978%56%52.8+0.9673%12.0241
2017/1878%58%51.9+0.7523%10.3232
2016/1775%58%51.9+0.8414%236
More fields
YearEBacc lang entry
2024/25100%
2023/2485%
2022/2378%
2021/2275%
2018/1973%
2017/1834%
2016/1725%

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2024/2538.7B+0.3522%194
2023/2434.0C+-0.0612%197
2022/2336.6B-19%201
2021/2237.0B-13%184
2018/1932.4C+-0.145%218
2017/1831.6C+0.1211%173
2016/1732.0C++0.305%184

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/251,77317.810%84%37%6%16%
2023/241,76216.510%84%33%6%14%
2022/231,78019.010%85%32%6%18%
2021/221,75818.710%84%31%6%14%
2020/211,77217.311%84%23%
2018/191,67917.212%81%35%3%4%
2017/181,61415.712%81%40%3%4%
2016/171,57215.713%81%40%3%4%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.