Bolder Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 909 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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Springwest Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 942of 1,351 places
- Free school meals
- 47.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 165
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Feltham Community College (URN 102535, until 1 November 2011).
What the data says
Of the 156 pupils who finished Year 11 at Springwest Academy in 2023, 31% stayed on in Springwest Academy’s own sixth form (Hounslow average 60%), 46% went to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.4 against 46.1 across England and 49.9 in Hounslow, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hounslow and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Springwest Academy | Hounslow | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 156 | 3,204 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 31% | 60% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Springwest Academy | Hounslow | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.4 | 49.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 58% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.49 | 4.59 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.7 | 42.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 53.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 49% | 54% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 164 | 99% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 163 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 159 | 96% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 159 | 96% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 52% |
| History | 75 | 45% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 60% |
| Geography | 68 | 41% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 53% |
| Religious Studies | 55 | 33% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 65% |
| French | 52 | 32% | 18% | 19% | 29% | 75% |
| Photography | 37 | 22% | 6% | 3% | 19% | 65% |
| Art and Design | 20 | 12% | 7% | 10% | 24% | 65% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 55 | — | — |
| Tourism | 42 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 32 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 8 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 4 | — | — |
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Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ
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Gunnersbury Catholic School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.