Hewens College
Hewens Road, Hayes, UB4 8JP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE ROSEDALE HEWENS ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Marlene Littlefair
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- URN
- 137078
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085731039
About this school
Hewens College is a secondary academy in Hayes. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 410 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 80 | 86 | 69 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.8 | 42.0 | 34.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.13 -0.51 to +0.25 | +0.20 -0.15 to +0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 29.1% | 15.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 50% | 43.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 35% | 39.5% | 42% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
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 Hewens College 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 | 39.8 | 45.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42 | 46.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34 | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 452 |
| 2023/24 | 482 |
| 2024/25 | 412 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hewens College compares
Hewens College ranked 20th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34 | 10.9% | 38.8% | 410 | — |
| De Salis Studio College | 43.8 | 6.8% | 23.8% | 174 | 0.0 miles |
| Swakeleys School for Girls | 55.9 | 7.5% | 27.6% | 1,404 | 0.7 miles |
| Oak Wood School | 37.6 | 10.4% | 39.8% | 1,275 | 0.7 miles |
| Rosedale College | 46.2 | 6.9% | 34.1% | 940 | 0.7 miles |
| Parkside Studio College | 45.4 | 7.7% | 42.3% | 64 | 0.7 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)
- 38.83%
- English as an additional language
- 65.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.9%
- Persistent absence
- 33.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
De Salis Studio College0.0 miles
Secondary · Hayes
-
Swakeleys School for Girls0.7 miles
Secondary · Uxbridge
-
Oak Wood School0.7 miles
Secondary · Uxbridge
-
Rosedale College0.7 miles
Secondary · Hayes
-
Parkside Studio College0.7 miles
Secondary · Hayes
Other schools in Hayes
Hewens College ranks 7th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Hayes.
- Barnhill Community High School Secondary
- De Salis Studio College Secondary
- Harlington School Secondary
- Parkside Studio College Secondary
- Rosedale College Secondary
- McMillan Nursery School Nursery
- Belmore Primary Academy Primary
- Botwell House Catholic Primary School Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Charville Academy Primary
- Cranford Park Academy Primary
- Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hewens College teach?
- Hewens College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Hayes.
- Who is the principal of Hewens College?
- The principal of Hewens College is Mrs Marlene Littlefair, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hewens College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hewens College, 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 Hewens College?
- Hewens College has 410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Hewens College full?
- Hewens College has capacity for 750 pupils and 410 on roll (55%), 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 Hewens College a faith school?
- No. Hewens College has no designated religious character.
- Is Hewens College a selective school?
- No. Hewens College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Hewens College?
- Hewens College is part of THE ROSEDALE HEWENS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hewens College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.8 in 2022/23 and 34 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hewens College rank locally?
- Hewens College ranked 20th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hewens College's absence rate?
- Hewens College's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hewens College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hewens College'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.