The Douay Martyrs Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Hillingdon
Edinburgh Drive, Uxbridge, UB10 8QY
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
88%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.4%
15.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,398
Capacity used
Over capacity108%
1,297 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
88%
1st preference success rate
128 of 145 families who put it first got an offer
235
Places offered
682
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 145 | 128 | ● 88% |
| 2nd preference | 179 | 63 | ● 35% |
| 3rd preference | 161 | 23 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 197 | 21 | ● 11% |
| Total | 682 | 235 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
Hillingdon lets families list 6 preferences. 51 applications came from outside the council area (9 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Fiona McCloskey
- Address
- Edinburgh Drive, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8QY
- Phone
- 01895679400
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Ward / constituency
- Ickenham & South Harefield · Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137925
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 20% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 43% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST
1,398 pupils · 1,297 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
01 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,226 pupils
Attendance
93.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.11 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.45 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 72% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 79.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.87 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 239 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 32.82 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 122 | — |
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 | 239 | 30% | 57% | 76% | |
| English Language | 239 | 22% | 65% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 239 | 26% | 66% | 83% | |
| Religious Studies | 236 | 41% | 76% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 192 | 10% | 40% | 56% | |
| Geography | 132 | 25% | 68% | 81% | |
| Business | 104 | 13% | 58% | 69% | |
| History | 99 | 23% | 58% | 68% | |
| French | 98 | 13% | 56% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 94 | 27% | 69% | 85% | |
| Computer Science | 72 | 11% | 44% | 60% | |
| Social Studies | 58 | 24% | 69% | 84% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 45 | 4% | 9% | 44% | |
| Mathematics | 36 | 6% | 31% | 61% | |
| Psychology | 34 | 0% | 9% | 47% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 32 | 0% | 6% | 28% | |
| History | 29 | 3% | 14% | 55% | |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 0% | 11% | 30% | |
| English Literature | 27 | 0% | 4% | 19% | |
| Economics | 23 | 4% | 17% | 61% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 0% | 11% | 28% | |
| Biology | 15 | 0% | 13% | 53% | |
| Physics | 13 | 8% | 23% | 46% | |
| Chemistry | 13 | 0% | 8% | 38% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 15275: The Douay Martyrs Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 79% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 79% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hillingdon council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.