The School Record

Published admissions and inspection figures for schools in England, from the DfE, Ofsted and local authorities.

Nishkam School West London

URN 139720 · All Through · Free schools · Hounslow

152 Syon Lane, Osterley, TW7 5PN

How many families applied

Preferences expressed and offers made at Reception, as published by the Department for Education. These describe demand. They do not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.

In the 2025 intake, 136 families named Nishkam School West London as their first preference, and the school made 105 offers.

That is 1.30 first preferences per place offered, which places it above 94% of schools admitting at Reception in England that year.

More first preferences per place than 94% of comparable schools position among schools in England admitting at Reception, 2025 intake

Little change. Across the 5 most recent years held, first preferences per place averaged 1.21 in 2021–2022 and 1.28 in 2024–2025.

Applications and offers at Reception, 12 intake years
Intake 1st preferences All preferences Offers made 1st prefs per place
2025 136 221 105 1.30
2024 137 250 108 1.27
2023 125 242 108 1.16
2022 135 240 108 1.25
2021 126 256 108 1.17
2020 153 268 108 1.42
2019 118 237 100 1.18
2018 109 225 100 1.09
2017 71 156 50 1.42
2016 58 130 50 1.16
2015 53 123 50 1.06
2014 41 114 50 0.82

“Offers made” counts the offers the school made. It is not the number of places the school had, so please do not read it as one.

Ofsted

Ofsted changed its inspection framework: the current one publishes several graded areas and no single overall grade, while the previous one published an overall effectiveness grade. Each inspection below states which framework produced it.

Ofsted inspections from 2022 to 202420222024

Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework), 24 January 2024

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Quality of education: Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding

Personal development: Outstanding

Leadership and management: Outstanding

Early years: Outstanding

Sixth form / post-16: Outstanding

Ofsted's report for this school

Ofsted ungraded inspection, 8 July 2022

School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

Ofsted's report for this school

Exam results

Published by the Department for Education for the whole year group. Figures for smaller cohorts are withheld by DfE to protect pupil privacy and appear here as a dash, not a zero.

Key stage 4 (GCSE)
YearAttainment 8Progress 8 Grade 4+ English & mathsEBacc grade 4+
2024/25 62.40 - 87.0% 61.1%
2023/24 61.10 0.92
likely between 0.68 and 1.17
89.6% 55.2%
2022/23 60.10 0.92
likely between 0.64 and 1.21
84.5% 57.3%

Progress 8 compares pupils here with pupils nationally who had similar results at the end of primary school; 0 is average. It is an estimate, and DfE publishes a range it is likely to fall within. Where that range spans zero, the school cannot be said to be above or below average.

Key stage 2 (end of primary)
Year Expected standard in reading, writing & maths Higher standard Average reading score Average maths score
2024/25 95.0% 36.0% 111.0 113.0
2023/24 94.0% 35.0% 110.0 111.0
2022/23 88.0% 27.0% 109.0 111.0

Teachers staying and leaving

These come from the School Workforce Census, which follows each teacher into the next year. The numbers count full-time jobs, so a teacher who works half the week counts as half. They are not a count of people.

Census yearTeachers (FTE) Still there a year later Moved to another state school Left state schools Left in total
2024/25 74.3 58.4 4.0 11.9 21.4%
2023/24 73.5 59.9 9.0 4.6 18.5%
2022/23 58.0 47.9 3.4 6.7 17.4%
2021/22 54.0 40.3 3.6 10.1 25.4%
2020/21 48.5 42.1 2.4 4.0 13.2%
2019/20 37.7 34.7 1.0 2.0 8.0%

This is turnover among teachers. It says nothing about the headteacher or the senior leadership team: DfE publishes leadership retention separately and we do not hold it by school.

Catchment area

Nobody publishes a catchment area map for this school that we can read. That does not mean an address is outside its area. It means we hold no map, so we cannot tell you either way.

Where it is

The 6 nearest all through schools we hold figures for, by straight-line distance from Nishkam School West London.

Nearby and related

Where these figures come from

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