Harefield School
Northwood Way, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6ET
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Principal
- Headteacher Salma Riley-Haque
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- Constituency
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 287
- URN
- 135004
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895822108
About this school
Harefield School is a secondary academy in Uxbridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 287 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harefield School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 63 | 55 | 45 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.8 | 37.7 | 37.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.74 -1.10 to -0.38 | -0.66 -1.04 to -0.27 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 18.2% | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 45.5% | 46.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 18.2% | 8.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
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 Harefield 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.8 | 45.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.7 | 46.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.1 | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 283 |
| 2024/25 | 254 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harefield School compares
Harefield School ranked 19th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.1 | 13% | 49.4% | 287 | — |
| The Reach Free School | 44.2 | 9.2% | 21.9% | 734 | 2.3 miles |
| Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School | 50.6 | 7.9% | 10.4% | 1,198 | 2.4 miles |
| Haydon School | 46 | 8.9% | 26.8% | 1,399 | 2.7 miles |
| Rickmansworth School | 61.2 | 5.1% | 7.2% | 1,575 | 2.8 miles |
| Northwood School | 58.4 | 6.5% | 20.7% | 1,044 | 2.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 23 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.37%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 13%
- Persistent absence
- 41.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Reach Free School2.3 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
-
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School2.4 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
-
Haydon School2.7 miles
Secondary · Pinner
-
Rickmansworth School2.8 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
-
Northwood School2.8 miles
Secondary · Northwood
Other schools in Uxbridge
Harefield School ranks 7th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Uxbridge.
- Bishopshalt School Secondary
- Oak Wood School Secondary
- Swakeleys School for Girls Secondary
- The Douay Martyrs Catholic School Secondary
- Uxbridge High School Secondary
- Vyners School Secondary
- Colham Manor Primary School Primary
- Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School Primary
- Denham Village School Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Hermitage Primary School Primary
- Highfield Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Harefield School teach?
- Harefield School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Uxbridge.
- Who is the principal of Harefield School?
- The principal of Harefield School is Headteacher Salma Riley-Haque, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harefield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harefield 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 many pupils are at Harefield School?
- Harefield School has 287 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Harefield School full?
- Harefield School has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 287 on roll (29%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Harefield School a faith school?
- No. Harefield School has no designated religious character.
- Is Harefield School a selective school?
- No. Harefield School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Harefield School part of an academy trust?
- Harefield School is part of PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Harefield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.8 in 2022/23 and 37.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harefield School compare with other schools in Hillingdon?
- Harefield School ranked 19th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harefield School's absence rate?
- Harefield School's overall absence rate is 13% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harefield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harefield 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 15 July 2026.