University technical college

Global Academy

Mixed · ages 14–19 · with sixth formHillingdon, London · Middlesex UB3 1DHTrust: Global Academy Utc Trust LimitedSchool website
Pupils on roll
526of 600 places
Free school meals
32.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
70
Ofsted
Inspected, 4 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 58 pupils who finished Year 11 at Global Academy in 2023, 50% stayed on in Global Academy’s own sixth form (Hillingdon average 58%), 38% went to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 108 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 25% went to university (Hillingdon 42%, England 37%), and 7% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally; 14% started an apprenticeship, well above the 7% England average.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 30.8 against 46.1 across England and 47.8 in Hillingdon, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

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 Hillingdon and England.

Global Academy
Hillingdon
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGlobal AcademyHillingdonEngland
Pupils in the cohort583,519607,348
Any sustained destination95%93%92%
Stayed in education91%90%86%
— school sixth form50%58%34%
— sixth form college2%2%13%
— further education college38%28%37%
— other education2%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Global Academy
Hillingdon
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGlobal AcademyHillingdonEngland
Students in the cohort1084,334541,441
Any sustained destination79%77%79%
University (higher education)25%42%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students7%14%19%
Further education1%12%5%
Apprenticeship14%5%7%
Employment22%19%28%
No sustained destination16%15%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureGlobal AcademyHillingdonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)30.847.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%50%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%69%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%53%41%
EBacc average point score2.774.354.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort30%28%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils26.437.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils32.851.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language23%46%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language70100%89%3%20%81%
Mathematics70100%88%4%22%69%
Combined Science6999%65%1%9%61%
English Literature6491%86%6%21%77%
Art and Design2536%7%4%24%36%
Computer Science1217%13%0%30%42%
Citizenship Studies11%3%19%
Polish11%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Personal Health133%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureGlobal AcademyHillingdonEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study329
— of whom A level students31,998261,341
Average A level gradeC+B-
Average points per A level entry32.9735.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects12%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business Studies13%
Politics6%
Polish0%

Other secondary schools in Hillingdon

Bishopshalt School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,239 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7

Harefield School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 287 pupils

70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1

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.