Heathland School

Heathland School has performed well in its first Ofsted inspection since becoming an academy. Overall, the school is rated as 'good' across all inspected areas, highlighting a strong commitment to pupil welfare and education. Parents appreciate the welcoming atmosphere, and pupils feel safe and valued. The curriculum offers a good variety of subjects with a focus on reading and mathematics, although some areas for improvement were identified in how the curriculum is implemented, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school is part of the Heathland Whitefriars Federation multi-academy trust, which emphasizes collaboration in its leadership approach.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to pupil welfare and safety.
• Pupils achieve highly in reading and mathematics.
• Well-structured phonics teaching beginning in Reception.
• Ambitious and well-organized curriculum across a broad range of subjects.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Positive behavior management leading to low-level disruption being addressed effectively.
• Access to a variety of extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum impacting learning.
• Insufficient precision in adaptations for teaching and resources for pupils with SEND.

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 Heathland School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.6% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Heathland 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 Heathland School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Heathland School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Heathland School received £7,201 and spent £7,345 for each of its 626 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £296,000 (£473 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Heathland Whitefriars Federation, income was £8,184 and spending £8,239 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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Heathland School is part of Heathland Whitefriars Federation, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitefriars School Harrow

What is Heathland School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heathland School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Heathland School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heathland School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Heathland School have?

Heathland School has 656 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heathland School cover?

Heathland School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Heathland School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heathland School?

Heathland School is at Eastcote Lane, South Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9AG.