Harefield School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Uxbridge, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hillingdon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harefield School is a secondary school in Uxbridge, Hillingdon for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2016 to 2026 entry.
Harefield 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 |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, every Year 7 applicant was offered a place, as at 8 of the 16 other Hillingdon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 77 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 23 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 49 of the 156 applications (31%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Hillingdon; 32 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 20% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hillingdon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hillingdon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Northwood Way, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6ET
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 287 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They value the warm and caring environment that staff have created.”
- “They understand what staff expect of them and are keen to earn rewards for demonstrating the school's values.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have struggled to attend school regularly in the past.”
- “However, this is not done consistently across the school, and this affects pupils' achievement in lessons and national examinations.”
- “Pupils make inconsistent progress through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2026 (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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 54 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 Hillingdon.
- Haydon School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwood School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- UTC Heathrow 2.9 mi Good
- Bishop Ramsey Church of England School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vyners School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Douay Martyrs Catholic School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ruislip High School 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Uxbridge High School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published