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The Welldon Park Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Wyvenhoe Road, Harrow HA2 8LS · welldonpark.theppt.co.uk · 020 8864 9378
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Harrow 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Harrow Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 420
- 67% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- First language not English
- 67.6%
- 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: Harrow Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 47 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 | 47 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 43 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Harrow it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102220)
Ofsted
The Welldon Park Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102220), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Oct 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102220)
May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102220)
Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102220)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 40
- 9% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied