Hillyfield Primary Academy

Hillyfield Primary Academy continues to be a good school with a strong reputation for fostering a positive and welcoming learning environment. The recent ungraded inspection indicated that the school might receive an outstanding rating if a graded inspection were conducted, suggesting significant improvements since the last assessment in 2018. The school effectively supports a diverse student body, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and demonstrates exemplary behaviour and engagement among pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils are excited to learn and demonstrate exemplary behaviour.
• Strong leadership with high expectations for all pupils.
• Well-structured curriculum that helps build knowledge progressively.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and effectively adapt lessons for SEND pupils.
• Robust early reading programme with consistent phonics teaching.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities for pupils.
• Effective relationships with parents and strong community involvement.

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 Hillyfield Primary Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Hillyfield Primary Academy 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 Hillyfield Primary Academy had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.0% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Hillyfield Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 17 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 2024–25 Hillyfield Primary Academy received £8,187 and spent £8,523 for each of its 1,192 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £130,000 (£109 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Hillyfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillyfield Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Hillyfield Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hillyfield Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Hillyfield Primary Academy have?

Hillyfield Primary Academy has 1,123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillyfield Primary Academy cover?

Hillyfield Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hillyfield Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillyfield Primary Academy?

Hillyfield Primary Academy is at Higham Hill Road, London, E17 6ED.