Harold Wood Primary School

Community school·Primary school Romford, Havering·RM3 0TH
Composite score
53.6
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#5,973
National rank
#1137
In London
#25
In Havering
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
81 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
177
any preference, for 90 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.8520231.0620240.8320250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Harold Wood Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
641
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,916
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Harold Wood Primary School

Harold Wood Primary School is a primary school in Romford, Havering, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 641 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Harold Wood Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 90 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Harold Wood Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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