SCHOOL PROFILE

Northwood School: data, trends and context

Northwood School is a secondary school in Hillingdon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137829
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Hillingdon
Region
London
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
Postcode
HA6 1QN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,044
FSM eligible
19.1%
EAL / First language other than English
39.4%
SEND (total)
14.1%
SEN Support
8.7%
EHCP
5.4%
White British
25.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.5%
Overall absence
6.5%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Severe absence
1.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HillingdonLocal authority91.7%8.3%2.9%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
11.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
58.4
English & maths grade 5+
74.6%
English & maths grade 4+
90.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Northwood School is a secondary school in Hillingdon. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.