Hillbrook School

About Hillbrook School

Hillbrook School in Wandsworth was rated Good overall by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in June 2024, a change from the Outstanding rating it had held in its previous graded inspection in 2014. The school is now judged Good across all five key areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. On the most telling exam metric for a primary school, 67% of Hillbrook’s Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just one percentage point below the Wandsworth local authority average of 68%, placing the school 32nd out of 55 primaries in the borough. Nationally, Hillbrook ranks in the 40th percentile among all state primaries, while within London it sits around the 61st percentile. The school’s ranking score of 67 places it in the top 50 tier of its local authority.

Digging into the detail of Hillbrook’s Key Stage 2 results, reading and writing both saw 78% of pupils reach the expected standard, while maths was slightly lower at 71%. At the higher standard, 30% of pupils achieved above the expected level in reading, 26% in maths, but just 4% in writing and only 3% across all three subjects combined. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 104 in maths, both in line with national averages. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds from Key Stage 1. The school has a relatively high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 31.3%, which is well above the national average and may partly explain the dip from its previous Outstanding rating. Hillbrook is a mixed, non-denominational primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery provision on site.

The school is significantly oversubscribed: for 73 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 196 applications, a ratio of 2.68 applicants per place, and all 50 first-preference families were offered a spot. Facilities include playing fields, a sports hall, a library and a dining hall, with a broad range of clubs such as film, choir, gardening, coding and drama. Sports on offer include dance, netball, rounders, cricket, cross country and football. Hillbrook has a notably extensive SEND provision, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. This makes it a strong option for families whose children require additional support. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is St Anselm’s Catholic Primary, 0.6 km away, but Hillbrook’s Good rating, strong SEND offer and oversubscribed popularity suggest it is a well-regarded choice within Wandsworth.

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