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Towers Infant School

Primary · Hornchurch · RM11 1HP

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 25 June 2026

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At a glance

309 pupils · 94% of 330 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6.8% of pupils
English as additional language
9.9% of pupils
SEN support
10.2% of pupils
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.towersinfant.co.uk/
URN
102309

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.99 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 89 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2012 entry) lived within 1.665 km (≈1.03 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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