Hill Mead Primary School

Hill Mead Primary School has been judged as requiring improvement in overall effectiveness, having previously been rated as good. The school is appreciated by parents for its nurturing environment, where positive relationships are evident between staff and pupils, contributing to a sense of happiness and safety. However, the school's curriculum design and implementation show inconsistencies, leading to underperformance in subject knowledge and pupil outcomes that are below national averages. Although early years provision is strong and pupils enjoy various extracurricular opportunities to enrich their experience, the overall quality of education needs significant enhancement to ensure that all pupils are well-prepared for future learning.

Strengths

• Welcoming and nurturing environment for pupils.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Positive behaviour and attitudes from pupils.
• Effective early years provision with well-sequenced activities.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum design and implementation are inconsistent.
• Pupils' outcomes are significantly below national averages.
• Use of assessment does not effectively identify knowledge gaps.
• Leadership oversight of the quality of education is insufficient.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hill Mead Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Hill Mead Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hill Mead Primary School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.3% of pupils at Hill Mead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 2 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hill Mead Primary School received £11,258 and spent £12,285 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £347,000 (-£1,523 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hill Mead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hill Mead Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Hill Mead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hill Mead Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Hill Mead Primary School have?

Hill Mead Primary School has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hill Mead Primary School cover?

Hill Mead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hill Mead Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hill Mead Primary School?

Hill Mead Primary School is at Moorland Road, London, SW9 8UE.