Hillingdon Primary School

Hillingdon Primary School demonstrates outstanding overall effectiveness, with exceptional performance across all key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, as well as leadership and management. The school has high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), leading to exceptional achievement and preparation for future education. The school provides a broad and ambitious curriculum that is well-sequenced and adapted to meet individual students' needs, which keeps pupils engaged and motivated to learn. Children in the early years thrive in a stimulating environment, even though they sometimes require additional support to manage their emotions. Despite its overall positive performance, the early years provision is rated as good rather than outstanding, indicating an area for further development. This is the school's first inspection since it became an academy and is also taking place following the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The school community, including staff and parents, reflects a positive perception of the educational environment, emphasizing safety, wellbeing, and opportunities for personal and social development.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Exceptional achievement and preparedness for future education.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that is well sequenced.
• Effective teaching of reading with a strong phonics programme.
• Highly engaging learning environment for early years.
• Exceptional quality of pupils' work in subjects like art.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff, contributing to a safe environment.
• Strong support for personal development and character building.
• Effective leadership and management with a focus on staff welfare.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for additional support for children to manage emotions in early years.

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 Hillingdon Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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 Hillingdon 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 Hillingdon Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.3% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Hillingdon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Hillingdon Primary School received £7,068 and spent £7,150 for each of its 661 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £340,000 (£515 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,108 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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All schools in Hillingdon · Hillingdon local authority: places and applications

Hillingdon Primary School is part of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• John Locke Academy Uxbridge
• Pinkwell Primary School Hayes
• Cippenham School Slough
• Greenside Primary School London
• The Hyde School London
• Parkfield Primary School London
• Claremont Primary School London
• Childs Hill Primary School London
• Griffin Primary School London
• Ramsey Spinning Infant School Huntingdon

What is Hillingdon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillingdon Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Hillingdon Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hillingdon Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Hillingdon Primary School have?

Hillingdon Primary School has 695 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillingdon Primary School cover?

Hillingdon Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillingdon Primary School?

Hillingdon Primary School is at Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 0PH.