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Harmondsworth Primary School

Primary · West Drayton · UB7 0AU

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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 7 July 2026 · report published 28 October 2026

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At a glance

213 pupils · 93% of 230 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.harmondsworthprimary.org
URN
102384

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 25 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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2024 entry)

Criterion 10
4679.2571 m (≈2.91 mi)

2024 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
Hillingdon average67.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Good Shepherd Catholic SchoolCoventry · 78 miles awayExpected standard71%
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 169 miles awayGood40%
Holy Family VA RC Primary SchoolSalford · 158 miles awayGood52%
The Reddings Primary SchoolHemel Hempstead · 18 miles awayGood (2019)57%
Mosaic Jewish Primary SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood63%
St Agnes RC Primary SchoolLondon · 20 miles awayOutstanding73%
Good Shepherd RC SchoolBromley · 22 miles awayRequires improvement67%
St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolWatford · 10 miles awayOutstanding68%
Hudson Road Primary SchoolSunderland · 239 miles awayGood68%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyNottingham · 106 miles awayGood41%
Thorplands Primary SchoolNorthampton · 56 miles awayGood68%
Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolLondon · 16 miles awayStrong standard81%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 34% (Hillingdon 20%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 30% (Hillingdon 8%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 11% (Hillingdon 23%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 5% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Hillingdon 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Hillingdon 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hillingdon 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Hillingdon 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hillingdon: 1.33 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 16.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,991; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,377
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£112,808; in-year balance -£34,888

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.9%62.3%
Social housing12.2%17.1%
Privately rented38.5%20.5%
Detached houses11.9%22.9%
Flats26.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002444 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£430,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£248,000–£467,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (8)£458,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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