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Hilltop Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Hill Avenue, Wickford SS11 8LT · hearts-hilltopinf.uk · 01268 762531
On the mapSearch near SS11 8LT
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 237
- 95% of 249 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hearts Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 57 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 64 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hilltop Infant School on 12 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (260 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 260
- 100% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (2%) whose child was bullied
based on 21 parents (8%) with SEND