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Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School

Primary · Ruislip · HA4 7RF

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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 17 March 2026 · report published 13 May 2026

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At a glance

235 pupils · 87% of 270 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.whiteheath-inf.hillingdon.sch.uk
URN
102413

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 46 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 1118.64 m (≈0.70 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 17 March 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 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

46 places offered · 44 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1118.64 m (≈0.70 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Hillingdon 20%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 17% (Hillingdon 23%, England 4%) · Any other White background 12% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hillingdon 8%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Hillingdon 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Hillingdon 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hillingdon 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Hillingdon 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hillingdon 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%)

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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.00 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 21.6 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 £53,673; 12.5% 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£8,304
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £108,799; in-year balance -£57,482

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.6%62.3%
Social housing22.9%17.1%
Privately rented12.5%20.5%
Detached houses6%22.9%
Flats13.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002533 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£645,000187 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£462,500–£790,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (66)£807,500
Semi-detached (62)£652,500
Terraced (37)£455,000
Flat (22)£325,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.12 km, 2021 entry): 204 sales, median £625,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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