Hylands Primary School
General Information
- Address: Granger Way, Romford, RM1 2RU – View on map
- Phone: 01708743704
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Steve Bowers
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Furthest place offered from (Sept 2025 entry): 2.92 km away From the council's own Sept 2025 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 84 families put it first for 90 places – 9 for every 10 places. 98% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 127
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Havering average)
- English as an additional language: 31% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.8% a year (Havering 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Latest figures from the school
Data received 2025/26
- Teaching staff (headcount): 26
- Joined in the last 12 months: 0 (0% of staff)
- Left in the previous 12 months: 1 (4% of staff)
Behaviour
Good record 2025/26
Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.
- Data year: 2025/26
- Bullying incidents: <5
- Physical aggression / violence incidents: <5
- Child protection referrals: <5
- Safeguarding concerns: 870
- Racist incidents: <5
- Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 0
- Permanent exclusions: 0
Figures may show "<5" for some schools.
3rd of 21 primary schools in Havering for behaviour
- #1Engayne Primary School92%
- #2Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School70%
- #3Hylands Primary School68%
- #4Crowlands Primary School68%
- #5Benhurst Primary School65%
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Across Havering: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Havering, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 46 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 24 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.
All 1 other scored primary schools in Havering scored higher on transparency this year.
- Response
- Full response (+60)
- Timeliness
- Response date not recorded (+10)
- Optional data
- No optional data (+0)
Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)
Educational Attainment
Good 2016 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Havering average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 71% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 85 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 34th of 49 junior and primary schools in the area
- =30Harold Court Primary School63%
- =30St Ursula's Catholic Primary School63%
- #34Hylands Primary School62%
- #35Hilldene Primary School61%
- #36Newtons Primary School59%
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14th of 29 primary schools in Havering for Ofsted rating
- #12Harold Court Primary SchoolGood
- #13Harold Wood Primary SchoolGood
- #14Hylands Primary SchoolGood
- #15La Salette Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #16Mead Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,986 (2024-25)
23rd of 39 primary schools in Havering for spending per pupil
- #21Harold Court Primary School£7,035
- #22Crowlands Primary School£7,031
- #23Hylands Primary School£6,986
- #24St Mary's Catholic Primary School£6,969
- #25Harold Wood Primary School£6,916
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Environment
Data received 2025/26
Accessibility
- Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: Mostly
- Overall accessibility: Mostly
- Lifts for pupil use: Mostly
- Accessible toilets: Fully
- Sensory room: Limited
Climate
- Classrooms with air conditioning: 0%
- Mechanical ventilation: Limited
- Air cooling units: 0
- Shaded outdoor areas: Limited
- Heatwave procedures: Fully
Technology
- Pupil devices (approx.): 400
- Pupils per device: Mostly
- Digital display in every classroom: Fully
- Interactive whiteboards: Fully
- Coding / robotics equipment: Limited
- Assistive technology for SEND pupils: If needed