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West Drayton Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Kingston Lane, West Drayton UB7 9EA · westdraytonschool.com · 01895 442904
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 649
- 94% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 64.3%
- 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: Hillingdon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 80 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 | 80 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 75 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 89 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 89 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 98 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.61 mi0.98 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.02 mi1.64 km | |
The council lists the school as undersubscribed: everyone who applied was offered a place.
The furthest distance offered in 2025, not counting places offered to siblings.
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102398)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for West Drayton Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 60
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied