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Cedars Manor School

Primary · Harrow · HA3 6LS

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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: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

339 pupils · 88% of 386 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
41.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
61.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.cedarsmanorschool.co.uk/
URN
135211

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2009 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 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 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 24 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.

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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
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Harrow average73.7%
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
Werneth Primary SchoolOldham · 152 miles awayGood60%
Plaistow Primary SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayGood69%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolEnfield · 14 miles awayGood72%
Mora Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood69%
St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 153 miles awayGood51%
Harry Gosling Primary SchoolLondon · 14 miles awayGood60%
Hurst Drive Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 14 miles awayGood63%
St Stephen's CofE SchoolPRESTON · 178 miles awayGood55%
Marsden Community Primary SchoolNelson · 172 miles awayGood65%
Holycroft Primary SchoolKeighley · 169 miles awayGood58%
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolIlford · 19 miles awayNo current grade80%
Boston Pioneers Free School AcademyBoston · 96 miles awayGood63%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
6 of 6 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 23% (Harrow 18%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 22% (Harrow 15%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Harrow 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 10% (Harrow 31%, England 4%) · Black African 9% (Harrow 4%, England 5%) · White British 6% (Harrow 7%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Harrow 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Harrow 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Harrow 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Harrow 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Harrow 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Harrow 1%, 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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.38 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Harrow: 0.77 suspensions and 0.00 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
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 23% 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)

45.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 17.2 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 £50,645; 15% 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£9,309
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £506,933; in-year balance +£153,129

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.3%62.3%
Social housing56.9%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats12.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002139 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000193 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£640,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£795,000
Semi-detached (100)£557,500
Terraced (54)£495,000
Flat (27)£317,000

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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
48an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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