Hillhouse CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 341 pupils Waltham Abbey
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Hillhouse CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Waltham Abbey for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 341 pupils on roll. In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Ninefields Estate
Waltham Abbey
Essex
EN9 3EL
Phone 01992715999
Reference Number 145992

General Makeup

Number of pupils 341
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.15%
Girls: 49.85%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 25 49
2 28 29 57
3 22 23 45
4 21 22 43
5 20 25 45
6 28 16 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 67.4%
White, Other 10.6%
African 5.6%
Mixed, Other 4.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.3%
Caribbean 2.3%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White & Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 15 Nov 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
15 Nov 2022 School inspection
04 Jul 2018 Academy conversion letter
03 Jun 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Hillhouse CofE Primary School
26 Sep 2013 Monitoring visit
02 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
07 Dec 2009 Full inspection:
07 Jun 2007 Full inspection:
14 Oct 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 43%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.5
Writing -0.5
Maths -1.5

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 27 1
Third Preference 18 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hillhouse CofE Primary School had 327 pupils for 420 places. 93 places (22.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Epping Forest Primary D: West (Waltham Abbey)” planning area

Essex counted 225 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 221 in 2029–30, down 2%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315315420420
Pupils 296299312311326327
Unfilled 6.0%5.1%1.0%1.3%22.4%22.1%

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 Hillhouse CofE Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%1.6%3.8%4.3%4.0%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.9%1.0%1.9%1.7%1.6%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%1.5%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.4%

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, 1.8% of pupils at Hillhouse CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.30.01.00.01.33.34.8
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Hillhouse CofE Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.412.712.312.511.413.311.211.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%7.7%7.6%4.4%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 47.1%–56.3%5.3%52.9%56.3%58.8%–
Sick days per teacher 0.9–3.70.14.42.310.8–

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, 14.7% of pupils at Hillhouse CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 14 11
Social, emotional and mental health 20 3
Other difficulty or disability 4 2
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 Hillhouse CofE Primary School received £6,916 and spent £6,804 for each of its 331 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £390,000 (£1,178 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, income was £7,618 and spending £7,577 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £91,000£148,000£464,000£244,000£320,000£352,000£390,000
per pupil £308£490£1,558£793£1,041£1,068£1,178
In-year balance -£44,000-£43,000£76,000£81,000£64,000£25,000£37,000
per pupil -£149-£141£255£263£209£76£112

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.

Name Distance
Leverton Primary School
Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3BE
0.33 miles
Upshire Primary Foundation School
Upshire Road, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3PX
0.57 miles
Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy
Quendon Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1LG
0.75 miles
High Beech CofE Primary School
Mott Street, High Beech, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AP
1.7 miles
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery
Longcroft Drive, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 7QG
1.86 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)
Royal Avenue, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 7EN
2.19 miles
Keys Meadow Primary School
84 Tysoe Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 6FB
2.28 miles
Four Swannes Primary School
King Edward Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 7HH
2.29 miles
Prince of Wales Primary School
Salisbury Road, Enfield, EN3 6HG
2.34 miles
Downfield Primary School
Downfield Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8SS
2.35 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Longlands Close, Crossbrook Street, Holy Trinity School, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8LU
2.6 miles
Woodcroft School
Whitakers Way, Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1SQ
2.6 miles
Chesterfield Primary School
Chesterfield Road, Enfield, EN3 6BG
2.63 miles
Hurst Drive Primary School
Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8DH
2.65 miles
Brookland Junior School
Elm Drive, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0RX
2.66 miles
Brookland Infant and Nursery School
Elm Drive, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0RX
2.66 miles
Greenfield Nursery School
Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross, EN8 8DH
2.67 miles
Millbrook School
Gews Corner, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9BX
2.73 miles
Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School
Hertford Road, Freezywater St. George's Ce Va Primary School, Enfield, EN3 6NR
2.78 miles
Staples Road Primary School
Staples Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1HR
2.81 miles
Name Distance
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
Broomstick Hall Road, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1LF
0.37 miles
Freshsteps Independent school
Innova House, Kenetic Crescent, Enfield, Brimsdown, EN3 7XH
2.15 miles
Oasis Academy Enfield
Kinetic Crescent, Innova Park, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7XH
2.19 miles
Fern House School
Keswick Drive, Enfield, EN3 6NY
2.58 miles
Haileybury Turnford
Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 0JU
2.71 miles
The Lea Valley Academy
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN3 6TW
2.81 miles
Ark John Keats Academy
Bell Lane, London, EN3 5PA
2.93 miles
Salmons Brook School
Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PB
2.93 miles
Goffs - Churchgate Academy
College Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9LY
3.07 miles
Davenant Foundation School
Chester Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 2LD
3.15 miles
Oak View School
Whitehills Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1TS
3.23 miles
Epping St John's Church of England School
Bury Lane, Epping, Essex, CM16 5JB
3.33 miles
Roding Valley High School
Alderton Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3JA
3.34 miles
Durants School
4 Pitfield Way, Enfield, EN3 5BY
3.4 miles
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)
Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5FB
3.43 miles
Capel Manor College
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RQ
3.45 miles
St Ignatius College
Turkey Street, Enfield, EN1 4NP
3.5 miles
The Tower School
33 High Street, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BA
3.63 miles
Debden Park High School
Willingale Road, Debden, Loughton, Essex, IG10 2BQ
3.66 miles
Goffs Academy
Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN7 5QW
3.67 miles

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Hillhouse CofE Primary School is part of Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Hillhouse CofE Primary School have?

Hillhouse CofE Primary School has 341 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillhouse CofE Primary School cover?

Hillhouse CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillhouse CofE Primary School?

Hillhouse CofE Primary School is at Ninefields Estate, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3EL.

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