Dormers Wells High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Southall, 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 🔒
Dormers Wells High School is a secondary school in Southall, Ealing for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Dormers Wells 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 Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, after places ran out in 2025; 5 of the 15 other Ealing secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome did likewise.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 174 first-choice applications for 228 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 54 went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 49.1 (England 46).
- A level students in 2024/25 averaged grade C+ (England B-), with average progress from GCSE to A level.
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
- Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, UB1 3HZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 1,469 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Ambition is at the centre of school life at Dormers Wells High School.”
- “Staff expect all pupils to achieve their potential.”
- “Pupils appreciate this expectation and the high-quality education that they receive.”
To improve
- “Historically, this performance did not meet the school’s high expectations for all courses.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 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: 174 first-preference applications, 228 offers in total, 174 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.
- Villiers High School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Greenford High School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brentside High School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Drayton Manor High School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- William Perkin Church of England High School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Featherstone High School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Elthorne Park High School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published