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Cherry Lane Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Sipson Road, West Drayton UB7 9DL · cherrylane.hillingdon.sch.uk · 01895 444480
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 46%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hillingdon 67%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hillingdon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 562
- 81% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- First language not English
- 50.4%
- 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: Hillingdon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 68 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 70 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 74 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Hillingdon it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼46% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Cherry Lane Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 26 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 26 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 27
- 4% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied