Charville Academy

About Charville Academy

Charville Academy is a popular choice among local families, and the numbers back that up. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 127 applications for just 60 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.12. Of those, 64 families put it down as their first preference, and 59 of those were offered a spot — so if you really want a place, naming Charville first is the way to go. The school is rated Good by Ofsted across all categories in its most recent 2023 inspection, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. That’s consistent with its previous Good rating from 2017, so there’s a solid track record here. With 452 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is clearly running at full stretch, which explains the competition for places. For parents, the high demand suggests a school that local families trust and want to be part of.

Academically, Charville sits in the middle of the pack locally. At Key Stage 2, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — just below the Hillingdon local authority average of 64%. That places the school 38th out of 55 primary schools in the borough, and in the bottom half nationally. Digging into the individual subjects, reading and maths are relative strengths: 77% hit the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths, with average scaled scores of 106 in both. Writing is a bit weaker at 67% expected, and only 3% of pupils reached the higher standard in writing or the combined RWM measure. That said, 31% achieved the higher standard in maths, which is a decent showing. The school doesn’t publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it’s hard to say how much value it adds, but the raw results give a clear picture of a school that’s solid if not outstanding.

The school offers a good range of facilities and activities that go beyond the classroom. There’s a sensory room, forest school, art studios, music rooms and an ICT suite, plus clubs like chess, choir, coding, film, science and eco club. On the sports front, pupils can try cross country, rounders, dance and netball. Charville also has a nursery provision for three-year-olds, which can be a big help for working parents. For children with additional needs, the school has a resourced provision and supports pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. It’s a mixed, non-religious state primary in Hillingdon, and the headteacher is Nicola Kelly. Given the oversubscription, it’s a school that suits families who are organised enough to apply early and name it as their first choice. If you’re after a Good-rated school with strong community demand and a decent range of enrichment, Charville is worth a close look.

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