Schools in Hayes

Hayes's 29 schools sit within the London Borough of Hillingdon's admissions remit, covering 19 primaries and 6 secondaries serving one of west London's most ethnically and culturally diverse communities. Hillingdon operates a distance-based tie-breaker for community schools alongside sibling and looked-after-children priority, with secondary school allocations coordinated centrally each spring through the pan-London secondary transfer system.

Demand for secondary places in Hayes is high, particularly for schools close to the Crossrail corridor that opened improved transport links to central London. Yeading and Minet primaries serve the north and south of the town respectively, and the annual offer statistics show that catchment distances for the most popular primaries can be as low as 0.4 kilometres in years of peak demand. Families planning secondary applications should also note that several faith schools in Hillingdon carry their own supplementary information requirements alongside the standard Hillingdon form.