Parkside Studio College
Wood End Green Road, Hayes, UB3 2SE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ROSEDALE HEWENS ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Karina Porter
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- URN
- 138368
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085732097
About this school
Parkside Studio College is a secondary school in Hayes. It teaches children aged 13 to 19 and has 64 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Parkside Studio College, 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
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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.1 | 35.2 | 45.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.29 -1.27 to +0.69 | -1.31 -2.29 to -0.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 25% | 47.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 43.8% | 70.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
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 Parkside Studio 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 | 32.1 | 45.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.2 | 46.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.4 | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43 |
| 2023/24 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 61 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkside Studio College compares
Parkside Studio College ranked 13th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.4 | 7.7% | 42.3% | 64 | — |
| Rosedale College | 46.2 | 6.9% | 34.1% | 940 | 0.0 miles |
| De Salis Studio College | 43.8 | 6.8% | 23.8% | 174 | 0.7 miles |
| Hewens College | 34 | 10.9% | 38.8% | 410 | 0.7 miles |
| Global Academy | 30.8 | 11% | 33.7% | 526 | 1.1 miles |
| Park Academy West London | 38.5 | 12.5% | 49.6% | 795 | 1.4 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)
- 42.31%
- English as an additional language
- 75.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.66%
- Persistent absence
- 33.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Rosedale College0.0 miles
Secondary · Hayes
-
De Salis Studio College0.7 miles
Secondary · Hayes
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Hewens College0.7 miles
Secondary · Hayes
-
Global Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Middlesex
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Park Academy West London1.4 miles
Secondary · Hillingdon
Other schools in Hayes
Parkside Studio College ranks 4th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Hayes.
- Barnhill Community High School Secondary
- De Salis Studio College Secondary
- Harlington School Secondary
- Hewens 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 ages does Parkside Studio College teach?
- Parkside Studio College teaches children aged 13 to 19. It is a secondary school in Hayes.
- Who is the principal of Parkside Studio College?
- The principal of Parkside Studio College is Ms Karina Porter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Parkside Studio College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkside Studio 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 many pupils are at Parkside Studio College?
- Parkside Studio College has 64 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 13 to 19.
- Is Parkside Studio College full?
- Parkside Studio College has capacity for 300 pupils and 64 on roll (21%), 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 Parkside Studio College a faith school?
- No. Parkside Studio College has no designated religious character.
- Is Parkside Studio College a selective school?
- No. Parkside Studio College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Parkside Studio College part of an academy trust?
- Parkside Studio 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 Parkside Studio College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.1 in 2022/23 and 45.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Parkside Studio College compare with other schools in Hillingdon?
- Parkside Studio College ranked 13th of 22 secondary schools in Hillingdon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Parkside Studio College's absence rate?
- Parkside Studio College's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkside Studio College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside Studio 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.