Minet Junior School

About Minet Junior School

Minet Junior School sits in the middle of the pack in Hillingdon, and its headline Key Stage 2 results tell a story of solid, if not spectacular, performance. The school achieved a 71% expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is seven percentage points above the local authority average of 64% for primary schools. That gap is meaningful — it places Minet comfortably ahead of the typical Hillingdon state primary, though it still trails the top performers in the borough like Deanesfield Primary School. The school ranks 20th out of 67 primary schools in the area, putting it in the top third locally. Nationally, it sits around the 28th percentile, which is respectable but not exceptional. What stands out is that Minet is doing better than the LA average despite serving a significantly more disadvantaged intake — 40.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average for primary schools.

Digging into the subject-level data, Minet’s strongest showing is in maths, where 89% of pupils reached the expected standard and 36% achieved the higher standard. The average maths score of 107 is notably strong. Reading is a little weaker, with 77% at expected and 26% at the higher level, and an average score of 105. Writing lags behind, with 79% at expected and only 11% at the higher standard. The combined higher standard across all three subjects is just 6%, which is low. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2024 was an ungraded visit that concluded the school had improved significantly since its last graded inspection in 2015, when it was rated Good. The previous graded inspection in 2013 had rated it Requires Improvement, so the trajectory is clearly upward. Leadership and management were also judged Good in the 2015 inspection.

Minet Junior School is a 7-11 state primary in Hillingdon with capacity for 480 pupils and currently 381 on roll, so there is some room for growth. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, art studios, music rooms, a library, playing fields, and a forest school. Sports provision covers dance, gymnastics, cross country, cricket, netball and tennis, while clubs include science, gardening, eco, art, coding and book club. The SEND provision is comprehensive, covering moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. The school has a chapel on site, though it has no religious character. For families considering Minet, the data suggests a school that is performing above the local average despite higher-than-average deprivation, with strong maths outcomes and a clear improvement trajectory under headteacher Kellie Ryan. It is not an Outstanding school — the nearest Outstanding primary is Yeading Infant and Nursery School, 1.4 km away — but it offers solid academic results and good facilities in a well-resourced setting.

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