Free school · Hounslow
Nishkam School West London
- All-through
- Ages 4–19
- Sikh
- Sixth form
Term dates
Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Hounslow council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Sikh school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2025, 2 families put this school as their first choice, and 0 places were offered. 0 of the families who put it first got a place (0%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| September 2024 | 54 | 170 | 31% |
| September 2023 | 54 | 139 | 35% |
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 117 families put this school as their first choice, and 112 places were offered. 110 of the families who put it first got a place (94%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 112 | 117 | 94% |
| September 2025 | 105 | 136 | 76% |
| September 2024 | 108 | 137 | 76% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Isleworth Kumon Centre (Nishkam), tuition centre. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 24 January 2024. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Free school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Pupils
- 1491 (capacity 1400)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Academy trust
- NISHKAM SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 02031418760
- Address
- 152 Syon Lane, Osterley, TW7 5PN
- Website
- nishkamschooltrust.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.