Villiers High School
Boyd Avenue, Southall, UB1 3BT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Interim Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Richards
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,445
- URN
- 101928
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088138001
About this school
Villiers High School is a foundation secondary school in Southall. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,445 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 March 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 230 | 262 | 258 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | 46.2 | 46.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.61 +0.37 to +0.84 | +0.50 +0.30 to +0.69 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 50% | 51.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 66.8% | 65.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9% | 36.3% | 6.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Villiers High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Ealing average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.9 | 44.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.2 | 47 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.3 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,484 |
| 2023/24 | 1,498 |
| 2024/25 | 1,445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Villiers High School compares
Villiers High School ranked 12th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.3 | 7.5% | 37.2% | 1,445 | — |
| Dormers Wells High School | 49.1 | 5.9% | 34% | 1,469 | 0.7 miles |
| Featherstone High School | 48.8 | 5.8% | 37.5% | 1,748 | 0.9 miles |
| The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School | 58.4 | 5.7% | 16.7% | 2,036 | 1.5 miles |
| Greenford High School | 48.6 | 9.1% | 41.3% | 1,976 | 1.6 miles |
| Drayton Manor High School | 56 | 6.1% | 38.3% | 1,443 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.19%
- English as an additional language
- 85.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.47%
- Persistent absence
- 25.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dormers Wells High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
Featherstone High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School1.5 miles
Secondary · Greenford
-
Greenford High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
Drayton Manor High School1.7 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Southall
- Dormers Wells High School Secondary
- Featherstone High School Secondary
- Greenford High School Secondary
- Greenfields Nursery School and Children's Centre Nursery
- Grove House Nursery School & Children's Centre Nursery
- Allenby Primary School Primary
- Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Blair Peach Primary School Primary
- Clifton Primary School Primary
- Dairy Meadow Primary School Primary
- Dormers Wells Primary School Primary
- Durdans Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Villiers High School teach?
- Villiers High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Southall.
- Who is the interim headteacher of Villiers High School?
- The interim headteacher of Villiers High School is Mr Christopher Richards, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Villiers High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Villiers High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Villiers High School?
- Villiers High School has 1,445 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Villiers High School full?
- Villiers High School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,445 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Villiers High School a faith school?
- No. Villiers High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Villiers High School a selective school?
- No. Villiers High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Villiers High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.9 in 2022/23 and 46.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Villiers High School rank locally?
- Villiers High School ranked 12th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Villiers High School's absence rate?
- Villiers High School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Villiers High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Villiers High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.