Drapers' Maylands Primary School

Free schools·Primary school Romford, Havering·RM3 9XR
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
77%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 18/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 47 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620221.0020230.9420241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Drapers' Maylands 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
361
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,488
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Drapers' Maylands Primary School at a glance

Located in Romford, Havering, Drapers' Maylands Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 361 pupils aged 3 to 11. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 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 105 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 Drapers' Maylands Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 47 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Drapers' Maylands 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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