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Mead Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Amersham Road, Harold Hill, Romford RM3 9JD · mead.havering.sch.uk · 01708 343616
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- 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
- 801
- 95% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Havering
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.9%
- First language not English
- 31.2%
- 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, 79 families put the school first and 87 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 87 | 79 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 79 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 79 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 72 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 112 | 90 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Mead Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 68
- 9% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (21%) with SEND