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Heathrow Primary School

Primary · West Drayton · UB7 0JQ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 November 2022

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At a glance

396 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
52.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.heathrowprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
102385

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 58 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 15 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 58 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 9
3321 m (≈2.06 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Hillingdon average67.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Hatfield Community Free SchoolHatfield · 21 miles awayGood57%
Parkhill Junior SchoolIlford · 24 miles awayGood82%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, DartfordDartford · 29 miles awayGood56%
Edward Pauling Primary SchoolFeltham · 4 miles awayRequires improvement68%
St Swithun's Catholic Primary SchoolSouthsea · 56 miles awayGood (2016)69%
St Margarets CofE Primary SchoolBarking · 23 miles awayNo current grade89%
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 36 miles awayGood59%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolSlough · 7 miles awayNo current grade55%
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 42 miles awayRequires improvement72%
Conway Primary SchoolLondon · 24 miles awayGood73%
Bracken Edge Primary SchoolLeeds · 167 miles awayGood54%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham · 107 miles awayExceptional90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 26% (Hillingdon 23%, England 4%) · Any other White background 15% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 12% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Hillingdon 20%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Hillingdon 8%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Hillingdon 9%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hillingdon 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hillingdon 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hillingdon 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · 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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 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
18.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 18% 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)

90.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £49,953; 14.3% 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£8,130
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£72,193; in-year balance -£11,899

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.9%62.3%
Social housing11.4%17.1%
Privately rented44.7%20.5%
Detached houses17%22.9%
Flats13.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002446 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£460,00045 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£405,000–£520,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (23)£495,000
Terraced (17)£440,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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