Islip Manor High School

About Islip Manor High School

Islip Manor High School is a mixed state secondary in Ealing that currently educates 858 pupils against a capacity of 1,100, meaning it has room to grow. The school serves a community with a notably high proportion of students eligible for free school meals, at 37.7 per cent — well above the national average and a clear indicator of the area's socioeconomic profile. Demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 184 applications for just 60 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.07. However, only 19 first-preference offers were made, suggesting that while many families consider it, competition for those initial slots is fierce. The school does not have a religious character, and its headteacher is Marion Budd. It also has a sixth form, which is an official part of the school, though the sixth form cohort is small, with just 15 pupils recorded in the most recent data.

Academically, Islip Manor's results are mixed. At Key Stage 4, its Progress 8 score is -0.24, meaning pupils achieve slightly less progress than the national average, and significantly below the Ealing local authority average of +0.5. The school ranks 15th out of 16 secondary schools in the borough on this measure, placing it in the bottom 94th percentile locally. Attainment 8 sits at 38.9, and just over half of pupils (54.3 per cent) achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths. The EBacc entry rate is low at 21.4 per cent, and only 13.3 per cent of pupils entered the full EBacc. At A-level, the picture is similarly challenging: the value added score is -0.61, classed as below average, and the average points per entry is 14.42, equating to an E+ grade. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2024 judged it Good overall, with leadership and management, sixth form provision, and behaviour all rated Good — a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2013.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including a theatre, sports hall, astro turf, science labs, music rooms, and a sixth form centre. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, rowing, and martial arts, while clubs range from the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and Model UN to coding, gardening, and eco club. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent views are mixed: 67 per cent of respondents would recommend the school, but only 54 per cent agreed their child is happy, and just 8 per cent agreed that bullying is dealt with quickly and effectively. This school is best suited to families who value a diverse, inclusive intake and a broad extracurricular offer, but who are realistic about academic outcomes that sit below the local average and who will want to engage closely with the school on behaviour and pastoral concerns.

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