Dormers Wells High School
Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, UB1 3HZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DORMERS WELLS LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Roisin Walsh
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Dormers Wells Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,469
- URN
- 145348
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085666446
About this school
Dormers Wells High School is a secondary academy in Southall. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,469 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Dormers Wells 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 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
- Exceptional
- 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
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 233 | 234 | 228 |
| Attainment 8 score | 52.4 | 49.6 | 49.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.69 +0.50 to +0.88 | +0.63 +0.44 to +0.83 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 56.4% | 54.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% | 75.2% | 75.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 53% | 45.7% | 39.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
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 Dormers Wells 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 | 52.4 | 44.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.6 | 47 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.1 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,493 |
| 2023/24 | 1,493 |
| 2024/25 | 1,485 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dormers Wells High School compares
Dormers Wells High School ranked 9th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% 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 | 49.1 | 5.9% | 34% | 1,469 | — |
| Villiers High School | 46.3 | 7.5% | 37.2% | 1,445 | 0.7 miles |
| The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School | 58.4 | 5.7% | 16.7% | 2,036 | 0.8 miles |
| Greenford High School | 48.6 | 9.1% | 41.3% | 1,976 | 0.9 miles |
| Brentside High School | 44.1 | 11.7% | 47.6% | 1,483 | 1.3 miles |
| Drayton Manor High School | 56 | 6.1% | 38.3% | 1,443 | 1.3 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.97%
- English as an additional language
- 84.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.86%
- Persistent absence
- 13.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Villiers High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School0.8 miles
Secondary · Greenford
-
Greenford High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
Brentside High School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
-
Drayton Manor High School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Southall
- Featherstone 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 Dormers Wells High School teach?
- Dormers Wells High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Southall.
- Who is the headteacher of Dormers Wells High School?
- The headteacher of Dormers Wells High School is Ms Roisin Walsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Dormers Wells High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dormers Wells 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 Dormers Wells High School?
- Dormers Wells High School has 1,469 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Dormers Wells High School full?
- Dormers Wells High School has capacity for 1,400 pupils and 1,469 on roll (105%), 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 Dormers Wells High School a faith school?
- No. Dormers Wells High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Dormers Wells High School a selective school?
- No. Dormers Wells High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Dormers Wells High School part of an academy trust?
- Dormers Wells High School is part of DORMERS WELLS LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dormers Wells High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 52.4 in 2022/23 and 49.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dormers Wells High School compare with other schools in Ealing?
- Dormers Wells High School ranked 9th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% 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 Dormers Wells High School's absence rate?
- Dormers Wells High School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dormers Wells High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dormers Wells 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 10 July 2026.