Bentley Wood High School
Clamp Hill, Stanmore, HA7 3JW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- THE BENTLEY WOOD TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Naseema Akbar
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bentley Wood High School
- SEN provision
- Not Applicable
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,464
- Pupils on roll
- 1,393
- URN
- 137178
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089543623
About this school
Bentley Wood High School is a girls' secondary academy in Stanmore. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,393 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 217 | 220 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 60.1 | 56.6 | 58.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.05 +0.85 to +1.24 | +0.90 +0.71 to +1.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 57.3% | 62.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% | 79.1% | 80.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 96% | 96.4% | 95% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
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 Bentley Wood 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 | Harrow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60.1 | 43 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.6 | 44.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 58.5 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,390 |
| 2023/24 | 1,375 |
| 2024/25 | 1,394 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bentley Wood High School compares
Bentley Wood High School ranked 3rd of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58.5 | 7.3% | 29.8% | 1,393 | — |
| Salvatorian Roman Catholic College | 54.1 | 6.2% | 24.4% | 802 | 1.2 miles |
| The Sacred Heart Language College | 57.9 | 8.1% | 19% | 714 | 1.2 miles |
| Hatch End High School | 43.9 | 7.5% | 36.1% | 1,226 | 1.3 miles |
| Avanti House School | 64 | 3.8% | 7.2% | 1,206 | 1.4 miles |
| Park High School | 48.9 | 7% | 26.3% | 1,475 | 1.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.76%
- English as an additional language
- 61.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.25%
- Persistent absence
- 22.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Salvatorian Roman Catholic College1.2 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
The Sacred Heart Language College1.2 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Hatch End High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Avanti House School1.4 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
Park High School1.8 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
Other schools in Stanmore
- Avanti House School Secondary
- Park High School Secondary
- Avanti House Primary School Primary
- Aylward Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE School Primary
- Stanburn Primary School Primary
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Stanmore College 16 plus
Common questions
- What year groups does Bentley Wood High School teach?
- Bentley Wood High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stanmore.
- Who is the headteacher of Bentley Wood High School?
- The headteacher of Bentley Wood High School is Ms Naseema Akbar, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bentley Wood High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bentley Wood 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 Bentley Wood High School?
- Bentley Wood High School has 1,393 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bentley Wood High School full?
- Bentley Wood High School has capacity for 1,464 pupils and 1,393 on roll (95%), 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 Bentley Wood High School a faith school?
- No. Bentley Wood High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Bentley Wood High School a selective school?
- No. Bentley Wood High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bentley Wood High School?
- Bentley Wood High School is part of THE BENTLEY WOOD TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bentley Wood High School have?
- The schools register lists Bentley Wood High School's special educational needs provision as: Not Applicable. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bentley Wood High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 60.1 in 2022/23 and 58.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bentley Wood High School rank locally?
- Bentley Wood High School ranked 3rd of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bentley Wood High School's absence rate?
- Bentley Wood High School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bentley Wood High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bentley Wood 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 1 July 2026.