Barnhill Community High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,537 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.1
University technical college
Global Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 526of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 32.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 70
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 4 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 58 pupils who finished Year 11 at Global Academy in 2023, 50% stayed on in Global Academy’s own sixth form (Hillingdon average 58%), 38% went to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 108 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 25% went to university (Hillingdon 42%, England 37%), and 7% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally; 14% started an apprenticeship, well above the 7% England average.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 30.8 against 46.1 across England and 47.8 in Hillingdon, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hillingdon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Global Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 58 | 3,519 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 50% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Global Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 108 | 4,334 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 77% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 25% | 42% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 7% | 14% | 19% |
| Further education | 1% | 12% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 5% | 7% |
| Employment | 22% | 19% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 15% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Global Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 30.8 | 47.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.77 | 4.35 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.4 | 37.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 32.8 | 51.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 23% | 46% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 70 | 100% | 89% | 3% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 70 | 100% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 69 | 99% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 61% |
| English Literature | 64 | 91% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 36% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 36% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 17% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 1 | 33% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | Global Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 329 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 3 | 1,998 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | — | C+ | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | — | 32.97 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | — | C+ | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | — | 12% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | — | — | 13% |
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| Polish | — | — | 0% |
Where Global Academy is
Other secondary schools in Hillingdon are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Hillingdon’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Hillingdon
Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,218 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.0
Bishopshalt School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,239 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7
De Salis Studio College
Studio schools · sixth form · 174 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,553 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Harefield School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 287 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.