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Hillside Junior School

Primary · Northwood · HA6 1RX

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 November 2024

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At a glance

210 pupils · 88% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
28.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hillsidejunior.org
URN
102435

In figures

At its inspection on 19 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
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
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood80%
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolSale · 148 miles awayGood66%
Coppice AcademySolihull · 81 miles awayExpected standard60%
Downlands Community SchoolBlandford Forum · 89 miles awayNeeds attention42%
Howes Community Primary SchoolCoventry · 71 miles awayExpected standard61%
Holy Trinity CofE Junior SchoolWallington · 20 miles awayGood72%
Admirals AcademyThetford · 75 miles awayGood57%
The Aldgate SchoolLondon · 16 miles awayOutstanding77%
Tolworth Junior SchoolSurbiton · 16 miles awayOutstanding66%
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolAbingdon · 37 miles awayGood50%
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 72 miles awayGood60%
New Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolReading · 27 miles awayGood54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 34% (Hillingdon 9%, England 7%) · White British 16% (Hillingdon 20%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Hillingdon 8%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 9% (Hillingdon 23%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Hillingdon 9%, England 3%) · Black African 7% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hillingdon 6%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Hillingdon 6%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Hillingdon 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 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%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.95 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% 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)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £51,534; 23.1% 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£8,309
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) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £53,462; in-year balance +£16,562

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.5%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses78.6%22.9%
Flats4.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002482 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,000270 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£478,500–£829,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (81)£908,500
Semi-detached (74)£703,000
Terraced (45)£530,000
Flat (70)£405,000

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

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
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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