Harrow Lodge Primary School

Harrow Lodge Primary School is a larger-than-average primary in a relatively deprived area and is part of the Partnership Learning trust. Inspectors found a highly inclusive, caring school where pupils are happy, safe and behave very well. Attendance has improved through systematic and highly personalised support, and safeguarding standards are met. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, teaching is strong, early years provision gets children off to a strong start, and inclusion is central to the school’s work. The school’s Willow provision and pastoral support are particularly effective for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and vulnerable pupils. Leadership and governance are strong, staff are well supported, and parents have high trust in the school. Achievement is not as strong as other areas. Disadvantaged pupils still attain less well than their non-disadvantaged peers, especially in writing and mathematics, and the disadvantage gap remains. Pupils also do not routinely make connections across subjects and over time, so their knowledge is not consistently deep across the curriculum. Leaders have identified both issues as priorities for improvement.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met.
• Pupils behave very well and have highly positive attitudes to learning.
• Highly personalised attendance support is improving attendance and reducing persistent absence.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and supported by strong subject leadership.
• Teaching is effective, with secure subject knowledge and high expectations.
• Early years provision is strong, with purposeful learning and effective teaching.
• Inclusion is central, and pupils with SEND are well supported, including through the Willow provision.
• Disadvantaged pupils are supported to access enrichment, trips and wider opportunities.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with accurate self-evaluation and effective staff development.
• Personal development and pastoral support are rich and effective.
• Parents have considerable confidence and trust in leaders and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils attain less well than their non-disadvantaged peers, particularly in writing and mathematics.
• The disadvantage gap remains, although it has narrowed.
• Pupils do not routinely make connections between learning over time and across subjects.
• Pupils do not consistently develop a deep body of knowledge across the curriculum.

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 Harrow Lodge Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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 Harrow Lodge 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 Harrow Lodge Primary School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% 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, 9.2% of pupils at Harrow Lodge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 Harrow Lodge Primary School received £7,634 and spent £7,247 for each of its 449 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £599,000 (£1,335 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Partnership Learning, income was £9,377 and spending £9,407 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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Harrow Lodge Primary School is part of Partnership Learning, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Hornchurch High School Hornchurch
• Brook Sixth Form and Academy Dagenham
• Oxlow Bridge School Dagenham
• The Sydney Russell School Dagenham
• Park Primary Academy Rainham
• The James Cambell Primary School Dagenham
• Riverside Bridge School Barking
• Riverside School Barking
• Riverside Primary School Barking
• Eastbury Primary School Barking

What is Harrow Lodge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harrow Lodge Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Harrow Lodge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Harrow Lodge Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Harrow Lodge Primary School have?

Harrow Lodge Primary School has 456 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harrow Lodge Primary School cover?

Harrow Lodge Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harrow Lodge Primary School?

Harrow Lodge Primary School is at Rainsford Way, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4BP.