Featherstone High School
11 Montague Waye, Southall, UB2 5HF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GRAND UNION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Nathan Walters
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Featherstone High School
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,627
- Pupils on roll
- 1,748
- URN
- 137729
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088430984
About this school
Featherstone High School is a secondary academy in Southall. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,748 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Featherstone High 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 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 268 | 273 | 274 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.5 | 50.9 | 48.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.84 +0.66 to +1.02 | +0.60 +0.43 to +0.78 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 56.8% | 48.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 76.2% | 69.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 78% | 85.3% | 100% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
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 Featherstone 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 | 50.5 | 44.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.9 | 47 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.8 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,780 |
| 2023/24 | 1,762 |
| 2024/25 | 1,773 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Featherstone High School compares
Featherstone High School ranked 10th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 72% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.8 | 5.8% | 37.5% | 1,748 | — |
| Villiers High School | 46.3 | 7.5% | 37.2% | 1,445 | 0.9 miles |
| Cranford Community College | 51.7 | 6.2% | 32.6% | 1,567 | 1.2 miles |
| Heston Community School | 49.6 | 7.1% | 36% | 1,311 | 1.3 miles |
| Dormers Wells High School | 49.1 | 5.9% | 34% | 1,469 | 1.6 miles |
| Lampton Academy | 52.5 | 7.3% | 29.5% | 1,528 | 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)
- 37.45%
- English as an additional language
- 83.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.81%
- Persistent absence
- 15.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Villiers High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
Cranford Community College1.2 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
Heston Community School1.3 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
Dormers Wells High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
Lampton Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
Other schools in Southall
- Dormers Wells High School Secondary
- Greenford High School Secondary
- Villiers 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 ages does Featherstone High School teach?
- Featherstone High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Southall.
- Who is the headteacher of Featherstone High School?
- The headteacher of Featherstone High School is Mr Nathan Walters, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Featherstone High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Featherstone 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 many pupils are at Featherstone High School?
- Featherstone High School has 1,748 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Featherstone High School full?
- Featherstone High School has capacity for 1,627 pupils and 1,748 on roll (107%), 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 Featherstone High School a faith school?
- No. Featherstone High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Featherstone High School a selective school?
- No. Featherstone High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Featherstone High School part of an academy trust?
- Featherstone High School is part of GRAND UNION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Featherstone High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.5 in 2022/23 and 48.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Featherstone High School compare with other schools in Ealing?
- Featherstone High School ranked 10th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 72% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Featherstone High School's absence rate?
- Featherstone High School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Featherstone High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Featherstone 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.