Hounslow secondary schools

Year 7 admissions · September 2027

Heston Community School

A mixed secondary academy in Heston with a sixth form.

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September 2027 admissions policy

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AddressHeston Road, Heston, Hounslow, TW5 0QR
Funding sectorState-fundedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Academic selectionNon-selectiveDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Religious characterNo religious character recordedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GovernanceAcademy converterDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GenderMixedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Age range11 to 19
URN138924
2027 Year 7 places200 places
Official websiteOfficial school website Website link checked .

Admissions summary

How places are prioritised

For September 2027, named EHCPs are admitted first. Heston then prioritises looked-after children, accepted exceptional medical or social need, siblings and eligible children of staff before other applicants ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement.

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September 2027 entry

Heston Community School Year 7 admissions criteria

Priority order

  1. Children whose EHCP names Heston Community School
  2. Looked-after and previously looked-after children
  3. Children whose exceptional medical or social need is accepted by the school
  4. Children meeting Heston Community School's sibling criterion
  5. Eligible children of Heston Community School staff
  6. All other applicants, ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement

Sibling priority

The sibling must attend Heston Community School when the application is made and be expected to remain there when the applicant starts in September 2027.

Children of staff

Priority applies where a parent has been employed directly by Heston Community School for at least two years when the application is made.

How distance is measured

Hounslow measures the shortest walking route from the property's official address seed point to the nearest school gate used by pupils, using its Synergy system and Ordnance Survey MasterMap Highways Network. SchoolRange cannot reproduce that official route; postcode-centre straight-line distance is indicative only.

Evidence to prepare

  • Proof of the permanent home address used for the application
  • Sibling details if claiming sibling priority
  • Professional evidence if requesting exceptional medical or social need priority
  • Employment evidence if claiming children-of-staff priority

Other published rules

  • An exact walking-distance tie is resolved by random ordering.
  • Where one multiple-birth child is the last ranked within PAN, the remaining children from that birth are also admitted.

Application deadline

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if the school is in another borough.

What recent offers show

Hounslow published official walking-route cutoffs of 1.904 miles for 2024 and 2.215 miles for 2025. In 2026, all applicants reaching the ordinary distance category were offered; SchoolRange uses that all-offered outcome without comparing its postcode-centre distance to the earlier walking-route cutoffs.

Published outcomes

Recent published admissions history

This is historical context, not a prediction for 2027. These are past allocation outcomes, not a forecast or guarantee.