Dormers Wells High School

Dormers Wells High School demonstrates exceptional performance in various domains, with a strong emphasis on inclusion, achievement, and leadership. The school effectively raises aspirations among pupils and their families, ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, receive high-quality support. Strong community ties and partnerships with external agencies further enhance the school's commitment to its pupils' success. The school also achieves impressive outcomes in national tests, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, highlighting its effective pupil premium strategy.

Strengths

• Exceptional inclusion practices that empower all pupils.
• Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum.
• High expectations lead to exemplary behaviour and attendance.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum tailored to meet diverse needs.
• Strong leadership and governance with clear accountability.

Areas for Improvement

• Post-16 provision needs to consistently meet high standards across all subjects.

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 Dormers Wells High School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 13.1% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Dormers Wells High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were 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 Dormers Wells High School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 5.9% of pupils at Dormers Wells High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% 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 Dormers Wells High School received £9,376 and spent £9,278 for each of its 1,485 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £5,819,000 (£3,919 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Dormers Wells Learning Trust, income was £9,199 and spending £9,018 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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Dormers Wells High School is part of Dormers Wells Learning Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Dormers Wells Primary School Southall

What is Dormers Wells High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dormers Wells High School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Dormers Wells High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dormers Wells High School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Dormers Wells High School have?

Dormers Wells High School has 1,469 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dormers Wells High School cover?

Dormers Wells High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Dormers Wells High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.2, and 55% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Dormers Wells High School?

Dormers Wells High School is at Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3HZ.