Queensmead School
Queens Walk, Ruislip, HA4 0LS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Head Teacher
- Ms Rhona Johnston
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,476
- Pupils on roll
- 1,502
- URN
- 136711
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088456266
About this school
Queensmead School is a secondary academy in Ruislip. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,502 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 238 | 236 | 240 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.4 | 56.2 | 55.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.66 +0.47 to +0.84 | +0.68 +0.50 to +0.87 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% | 64% | 62.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 80.5% | 77.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 33.9% | 71.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
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 Queensmead 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 | 56.4 | 45.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.2 | 46.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55.5 | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,472 |
| 2023/24 | 1,491 |
| 2024/25 | 1,499 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queensmead School compares
Queensmead School ranked 5th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55.5 | 6.8% | 22.4% | 1,502 | — |
| Islip Manor High School | 38.3 | 14.8% | 43.2% | 772 | 0.7 miles |
| Rooks Heath School | 40.7 | 8% | 36.4% | 1,148 | 0.8 miles |
| Ruislip High School | 54.1 | 7.5% | 21.1% | 1,311 | 0.9 miles |
| Pinner High School | 57.1 | 6.6% | 13% | 1,111 | 1.5 miles |
| Bishop Ramsey Church of England School | 56 | 6.1% | 12.2% | 1,218 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 13 July 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.44%
- English as an additional language
- 51.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.83%
- Persistent absence
- 21.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Islip Manor High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Northolt
-
Rooks Heath School0.8 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Ruislip High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Ruislip
-
Pinner High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Pinner
-
Bishop Ramsey Church of England School1.7 miles
Secondary · Ruislip
Other schools in Ruislip
- Bishop Ramsey Church of England School Secondary
- Ruislip High School Secondary
- Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School Primary
- Bourne Primary School Primary
- Deanesfield Primary School Primary
- Field End Infant School Primary
- Field End Junior School Primary
- Lady Bankes Primary School Primary
- Newnham Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Newnham Junior School Primary
- Ruislip Gardens Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queensmead School teach?
- Queensmead School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Ruislip.
- Who is the head teacher of Queensmead School?
- The head teacher of Queensmead School is Ms Rhona Johnston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queensmead School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queensmead 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 Queensmead School?
- Queensmead School has 1,502 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Queensmead School full?
- Queensmead School has capacity for 1,476 pupils and 1,502 on roll (102%), so it is at or above 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 Queensmead School a faith school?
- No. Queensmead School has no designated religious character.
- Is Queensmead School a selective school?
- No. Queensmead School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Queensmead School?
- Queensmead 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 Queensmead School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.4 in 2022/23 and 55.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queensmead School rank locally?
- Queensmead School ranked 5th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queensmead School's absence rate?
- Queensmead School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queensmead School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queensmead 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 1 July 2026.