St Andrew's C of E Primary School

About St Andrew's C of E Primary School

St Andrew's C of E Primary School in Hillingdon is a state primary for mixed pupils aged 3 to 11, with a Church of England character. It currently has 213 pupils on roll against a capacity of 236, so there is some headroom in the building. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 33.5%, which is notably higher than the national average for primary schools and suggests the school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage. Demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 64 applications for just 20 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.2 to one. Of those, 19 were first-preference applications, and all 19 received an offer. That level of competition indicates a school that local families are actively choosing, despite its relatively modest academic ranking within the borough.

Academically, St Andrew's sits in the bottom half of Hillingdon primary schools, ranked 51st out of 55 in the local authority. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 64%. The school's strongest individual subject was writing, where 77% met the expected standard and 14% reached the higher standard. Reading and maths both had average scaled scores of 106, with 27% of pupils achieving the higher standard in maths and the same proportion in reading. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to starting points. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2025, the school was judged Good across all areas, including behaviour, personal development and leadership. This is a clear improvement from its previous inspection in November 2022, when it was rated Requires Improvement.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sensory room, sports hall, art studios, forest school, gymnasium and chapel. Sports on offer include cricket, football, gymnastics, dance, netball, tennis and swimming, and there are clubs for film, drama and art. The nursery provision means children can join from age three. SEND support is listed for social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. Parent View responses from 48 families show 84% would recommend the school. However, the SEND support question was more polarised: 38% strongly agreed that SEND children get the support they need, but 31% strongly disagreed. This is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating recently and is popular enough to be oversubscribed, but whose academic outcomes sit below the local average. It may suit families who prioritise a supportive, church-affiliated environment and are comfortable with a school that is still on an upward trajectory.

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