Queensmead School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ruislip, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.02 miles
Published by Hillingdon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Queensmead School is a secondary school in Ruislip, Hillingdon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Queensmead 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 | 1.02 mi |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.02 miles away, the 3rd longest of 8 Hillingdon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025, and the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 195 first-choice applications for 236 offers; 159 offers went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Hillingdon secondary schools.
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
- Queens Walk, Ruislip, HA4 0LS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,502 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Queensmead.”
- “They feel a strong sense of belonging, which is evident in the positive relationships they have with staff and with each other.”
- “Pupils are kept safe and they know whom to talk to if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.5 | 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: 195 first-preference applications, 236 offers in total, 159 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.
- Ruislip High School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bishop Ramsey Church of England School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barnhill Community High School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Douay Martyrs Catholic School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swakeleys School for Girls 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Haydon School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Oak Wood School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- De Salis Studio College 3.0 mi Standards maintained