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Isleworth and Syon School for Boys

Secondary Ages 11-18 951 pupils Isleworth
Ofsted: Good
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Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is an academy converter in Hounslow for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 951 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in December 2023. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.2, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023. GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Ridgeway Road
Isleworth
TW7 5LJ
Phone 02085685791
Reference Number 137940

General Makeup

Number of pupils 951
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 98.63%
Girls: 1.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 58.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 85 Unknown 85
8 123 Unknown 123
9 175 Unknown 175
10 176 Unknown 176
11 180 Unknown 180
12 87 9 96
13 112 4 116

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Indian 21.9%
White, British 16.3%
Pakistani 12.6%
White, Other 12.3%
African 7.9%
Mixed, Other 4.5%
Asian, Other 3.3%
White & Asian 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Caribbean 1.1%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is performing well overall, attaining a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school fosters a proud and inclusive community, where most pupils are engaged in their learning and achieving good results. The leadership is ambitious, and the well-sequenced curriculum prepares students effectively for their future educational and career pursuits. Additionally, provisions for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have been noted as responsive and supportive, ensuring access to the full curriculum wherever possible.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Report Date 14 Nov 2023
Date Report
14 Nov 2023 School inspection:
11 May 2022 School inspection
07 Feb 2017 Short inspection
01 May 2013 Full inspection:
10 Aug 2012 Academy conversion letter
28 Sep 2011 Curriculum and development visit
Previously as Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
12 May 2010 Full inspection:
23 Mar 2009 Curriculum and development visit
22 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
11 Mar 2002 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are enthusiastic learners and display positive attitudes to learning.
  • Teachers demonstrate secure subject knowledge and deliver content clearly.
  • The school has high attendance rates and effective attendance management.
  • A wide range of extra-curricular opportunities is available to support character development.
  • Leaders provide quality support for students' mental well-being and workload management.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum implementation in a few subjects lacks consistency, leading to gaps in understanding.

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
46.2

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 44.4%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 55%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 8.6%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 63 19
Third Preference 70 13
From another Local Authority 21 10

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Isleworth and Syon School for Boys had 1,016 pupils for 1,215 places. 199 places (16.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Hounslow Secondary” planning area

Hounslow counted 3,169 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 2,881 in 2031–32, down 9%.

2012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 9799799799799799791,1121,4761,4761,4761,4761,4761,215
Pupils 1,0421,0019819879699691,0191,0651,1191,1201,1191,0961,016
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%8.4%27.8%24.2%24.1%24.2%25.7%16.4%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Isleworth and Syon School for Boys attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.4%3.5%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.2%3.0%4.7%5.3%5.0%4.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%1.3%1.2%1.6%1.3%1.6%1.2%2.3%2.7%2.8%2.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%0.6%0.1%0.6%0.3%0.6%0.5%1.1%0.9%1.0%1.7%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.3% of pupils at Isleworth and Syon School for Boys were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 12.014.521.317.720.317.014.29.710.38.713.714.713.6
Permanent exclusions 1000000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Isleworth and Syon School for Boys had 13.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.69.510.29.910.912.012.812.711.011.911.511.110.710.3
Teachers who left state teaching 11.0%18.3%11.7%11.0%10.5%11.6%6.3%0.0%11.8%9.1%7.4%3.9%5.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.2%50.0%56.6%63.8%69.9%56.9%58.9%–64.4%79.0%73.4%73.2%70.4%–
Sick days per teacher 3.62.61.52.61.71.72.1–7.28.13.94.83.7–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.6% of pupils at Isleworth and Syon School for Boys were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 55 9
Autistic spectrum disorder 16 6
Speech, language and communication needs 18 4
Specific learning difficulty 14 2
Moderate learning difficulty 14 1
Other difficulty or disability 3 1
Vision impairment 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Isleworth and Syon School for Boys received £9,864 and spent £9,479 for each of its 1,033 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,468,000 (£4,325 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £2,673,000£2,394,000£2,580,000£2,751,000£3,275,000£4,002,000£4,468,000
per pupil £2,531£2,161£2,308£2,485£2,980£3,682£4,325
In-year balance -£581,000-£742,000-£301,000£267,000£1,113,000£926,000£398,000
per pupil -£550-£670-£269£241£1,013£852£385

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Spring Grove Primary School
Star Road, Isleworth, TW7 4HB
0.58 miles
Marlborough Primary School
London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5XA
0.6 miles
The Smallberry Green Primary School
Turnpike Way, Isleworth, TW7 5BF
0.68 miles
Isleworth Town Primary School
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 6AB
0.72 miles
Alexandra Primary School
Denbigh Road, Hounslow, TW3 4DU
0.94 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Isleworth
South Street, Isleworth, TW7 7EE
0.99 miles
Hounslow Town Primary School
School Road, Hounslow, TW3 1QZ
1.01 miles
The Blue School CofE Primary
North Street, Isleworth, TW7 6RQ
1.05 miles
Chatsworth Primary School
Heath Road, Hounslow, TW3 2NW
1.25 miles
Worple Primary School
Queens Terrace, Isleworth, TW7 7DB
1.26 miles
Heston Primary School
Heston Road, Heston, Hounslow, TW5 0QR
1.28 miles
Our Lady and St John's Catholic Primary School
Boston Park Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9JF
1.39 miles
The Rosary Catholic Primary School
10 The Green, Heston, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW5 0RL
1.43 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary Norwood Green
26 Tentelow Lane, Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex, UB2 4LE
1.45 miles
Westbrook Primary School
Westbrook Road, Heston, Hounslow, TW5 0NB
1.46 miles
Tarbiyyah Primary School
40 New Heston Road, Hounslow, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW5 0LJ
1.5 miles
Wellington Primary School
Sutton Lane, Hounslow, TW3 3BD
1.58 miles
Khalsa Primary School
Norwood Green Road, Southall, UB2 4LA
1.6 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School
St Paul's Road, Brentford, TW8 0PN
1.6 miles
Fielding Primary School
Wyndham Road, Ealing, London, W13 9TE
1.67 miles
Name Distance
West Thames College
London Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 4HS
0.37 miles
Nishkam School West London
152 Syon Lane, Osterley, TW7 5PN
0.49 miles
Oaklands School
Gresham Road, Hounslow, TW3 4BX
0.56 miles
Bolder Academy
1 Macfarlane Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5DB
0.71 miles
The Green School for Girls
Busch Corner, London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5BB
0.72 miles
The Green School for Boys
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6AU
0.81 miles
Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ
St John's Road, Isleworth, TW7 6XF
0.93 miles
Lift Kingsley
Cecil Road, Hounslow, TW3 1AX
1 miles
Lampton Academy
Lampton Avenue, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 4EP
1.16 miles
Heston Community School
Heston Road, Heston, Hounslow, TW5 0QR
1.23 miles
New Level Academy
Wyke Gardens, London, Middlesex, W7 2BB
1.28 miles
Elthorne Park High School
Westlea Road, Hanwell, London, W7 2AH
1.43 miles
Gunnersbury Catholic School
The Ride, Boston Manor Road, Brentford, TW8 9LB
1.48 miles
Tarbiyyah Secondary School for Boys
32 New Heston Road, Hounslow, TW5 0LJ
1.49 miles
Brentford School for Girls
5 Boston Manor Road, Brentford, TW8 0PG
1.54 miles
St Mark's Catholic School
106 Bath Road, Hounslow, TW3 3EJ
1.65 miles
Ealing Fields Church of England High School
Little Ealing Lane, Ealing, London, W5 4EJ
1.67 miles
The Sybil Elgar School
The National Autistic Society, Havelock Road, Southall, UB2 4NY
1.98 miles
The Richmond upon Thames School
Egerton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 7SL
2 miles
Capella House School
Egerton Road, Twickenham, TW2 7SL
2 miles

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What is Isleworth and Syon School for Boys's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Isleworth and Syon School for Boys last inspected by Ofsted?

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Isleworth and Syon School for Boys have?

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys has 951 pupils on roll.

What age range does Isleworth and Syon School for Boys cover?

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Isleworth and Syon School for Boys's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.2, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Isleworth and Syon School for Boys?

Isleworth and Syon School for Boys is at Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, TW7 5LJ.

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