Brentside High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–19 · London, Ealing
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Ealing Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brentside High School is a secondary school in London, Ealing for ages 11–19 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Brentside High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 5 of the 15 other Ealing secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 79 first-choice applications for 190 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 16 Ealing secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 111 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Ealing.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, London, W7 1JJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 1,483 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Brentside High School has high expectations for its staff and pupils.”
- “Its vision of ‘challenge for all, striving for excellence, and developing lifelong learners’ is palpable in all aspects of everyday routines.”
- “The school’s purposeful ethos means that pupils learn successfully and grow and develop as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, teachers do not identify and address key misconceptions effectively enough.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “However, occasionally these adjustments are not focused sharply on helping pupils with SEND to embed their understanding of the important ideas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 79 first-preference applications, 190 offers in total, 79 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Ealing.
- The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Drayton Manor High School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- William Perkin Church of England High School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dormers Wells High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenford High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elthorne Park High School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Villiers High School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published