St Helen's School
Other independent school · Girls · Hillingdon
Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3AS
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,097
Capacity used
Has space88%
1,240 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Bridget Ward
- Address
- Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3AS
- Phone
- 01923843210
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Ward / constituency
- Northwood · Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102453
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
1,097 pupils · 1,240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 77.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 100% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.35 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 45.22 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 95.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 95.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 13.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.02 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 105 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.11 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 43.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 82 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 100 | 87% | 100% | 100% | |
| English Language | 100 | 74% | 99% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 100 | 67% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 90 | 87% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 90 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 90 | 90% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 65 | 86% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 44 | 66% | 98% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 43 | 98% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 20 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 20 | 85% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 19 | 84% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 42 | 38% | 67% | 81% | |
| Biology | 32 | 25% | 56% | 81% | |
| Chemistry | 32 | 28% | 72% | 84% | |
| Psychology | 24 | 42% | 58% | 88% | |
| Economics | 23 | 57% | 74% | 96% | |
| Geography | 13 | 15% | 69% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 17% | 50% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 12 | 17% | 58% | 92% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 10 | 50% | 90% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 9 | 33% | 89% | 100% | |
| Physics | 8 | 25% | 50% | 63% | |
| Government and Politics | 8 | 25% | 50% | 88% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12254: St Helen's School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 10 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.