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Hilldene Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Grange Road, Romford RM3 7DU · hilldene.havering.sch.uk · 01708 342453
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 643
- 89% of 720 places
- Local authority
- Havering
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
- First language not English
- 40.3%
- 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, 59 families put the school first and 63 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 | 63 | 59 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 78 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hilldene Primary School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 74
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (18%) with SEND