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Chiswick School

State secondary

National rank

336=

n/a

Rank last year

54^%

A-level

32^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Laura Ellener

Attendance 92.3%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 16.2% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,590

Pupils on free school meals 32.1%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

A*/A

A*-B

Grade

9/8/7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils at Chiswick School benefit from an exceptional level of care and support for their education, wellbeing and wider personal development. This means they achieve well, are kept safe and are thoroughly prepared for their next steps. There is a wealth of opportunities for pupils to develop their interests, whether that be music, sports, drama, art, science or politics. There is also a diverse array of extracurricular activities for pupils, such as boxing, computing, drama and rowing. Pupils and students in the sixth form are extremely well supported to make informed decisions about their future. In each subject, the curriculum has been meticulously designed to ensure pupils build their knowledge incrementally from strong and well-embedded foundations. Teachers are highly knowledge subject specialists… [and] use their expertise to enthuse and inspire pupils.”

Inspection

2025

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

This large academy in west London is a short walk from Chiswick House and the River Thames. It began life in 1916 as a girls’ grammar school; an adjacent boys’ school opened in 1926, and the two merged to become a co-ed comprehensive in 1966.
Laura Ellener, the head teacher, joined in 2019 and has overseen a transformation in the school’s academic results and reputation for behaviour. An Ofsted inspection report in January 2025 stated: “The school has extremely high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and conduct.” Now demand is rising.
The school has an award-winning music department. Its choirs, jazz band, steel band and orchestras perform regularly at public events. Ten year 7 spaces are reserved each year for talented young musicians who qualify for Pupil Premium funding.
An impressive calendar of excursions includes trips to New York, Berlin and the Azores. Staff also make the most of London’s cultural life, organising regular visits to the V&A, Science Museum, markets and West End shows.
Sports options include boxing, rowing, rugby and trampolining. There is also a retro gaming club, debating society, murder mystery club, bushcraft group and a climate action group, among many others.

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enquiries@chiswickschool.org

Telephone

020 8747 0031

Website

chiswickschool.org

Address

Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 3UN

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