Harrow Lodge Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Hornchurch, Havering·RM12 4BP
Composite score
50.2
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#7,198
National rank
#1250
In London
#31
In Havering
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
74 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
233
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.85 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1363 m
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0520231.3220241.0820251.232026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
449
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
43.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,753
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Harrow Lodge Primary School is a primary school serving Hornchurch, Havering, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 449 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Harrow Lodge Primary School 'Outstanding'. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Harrow Lodge Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 74 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.85 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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