Global Academy

Global Academy is a 14–19 university technical college in Hillingdon that is performing well overall. Inspectors found that pupils and sixth-form students achieve well and move on to ambitious destinations, supported by an ambitious curriculum and unusually strong partnerships with media and business organisations. Behaviour and personal development are exceptional: pupils are calm, respectful and highly committed, attendance is rising, and students benefit from a rich wider programme including industry-linked projects, work placements and excellent careers guidance. The sixth form is a particular strength, with students acting as excellent role models and achieving exceptionally well.

Strengths

• Exceptionally strong media and business partnerships provide meaningful projects and work placements
• An ambitious, well-ordered curriculum builds pupils’ knowledge over time
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and follow the same ambitious curriculum as peers
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and benefit from high-quality professional development
• Pupils and sixth-form students demonstrate exemplary behaviour and highly positive attitudes
• Attendance is a high priority and is rising, including for pupils with previously low attendance
• The personal development programme is exceptional, with strong careers education and enrichment
• Sixth-form students achieve exceptionally well and act as excellent role models
• Governors provide strong strategic oversight and hold leaders to account effectively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of key stage 4 subjects, teaching does not give pupils enough opportunity to practise and consolidate knowledge before moving on
• Some key stage 4 curriculum implementation does not match leaders’ ambitious plans in a few subjects
• The school should ensure all staff have suitable training to deliver these subjects effectively and regularly check the impact of actions taken

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 Global Academy attended 89.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 4.6% of pupils at Global Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Global Academy had 28.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 19.2% of pupils at Global Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Global Academy received £8,028 and spent £7,739 for each of its 495 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £39,000 (£79 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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.

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What is Global Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Global Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Global Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Global Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Global Academy have?

Global Academy has 526 pupils on roll.

What age range does Global Academy cover?

Global Academy for pupils aged 14 to 19.

Where is Global Academy?

Global Academy is at The Old Vinyl Factory, 1 Record Walk, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1DH.