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Harold Wood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Recreation Avenue, Harold Wood, Romford RM3 0TH · haroldwoodprimary.com · 01708 345473
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Havering 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Havering Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 641
- 98% of 654 places
- Local authority
- Havering
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- First language not English
- 26.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Havering Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 81 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 84 | 70 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 95 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 76 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 78 | 0.9 | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.86 mi1.38 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Havering it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Harold Wood Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 101
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (24%) with SEND