Northwood School

State-Funded School

northwood-school-hillingdon-london

LondonRegion

HillingdonLocal Authority

Ruislip, Northwood and PinnerConstituency

HA6 1QNPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Northwood School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Hillingdon, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,044 pupils. Northwood School is part of Partnership Learning.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 58.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 74.6%
EBacc average point score: 5.66

Ethnicity

White

38%

Asian

33%

Black

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,044

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 1,044
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Partnership Learning

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
5 Nov 2018	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.