Mead Primary School

General Information

Address: Amersham Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9JD
Phone: 01708343616
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Amy Holmes
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 801
School capacity: 840
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 262
% eligible for free school meals: 34.9%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

Awaiting Data 2024/25

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN Unit

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 65 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 29 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 15 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 22 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Ranked #16 of 31 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#14Harold Court Primary SchoolGood
#15La Salette Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#16Mead Primary SchoolGood
#17Oasis Academy PinewoodGood
#18Parklands Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1Clockhouse Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Hacton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Harrow Lodge Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Scotts Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Brady Primary SchoolGood
#6Branfil Primary SchoolGood
#7Broadford Primary SchoolGood
#8Crowlands Primary SchoolGood
#9Dame Tipping Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10Drapers' Maylands Primary SchoolGood
#11Elm Park Primary SchoolGood
#12Engayne Primary SchoolGood
#13Gidea Park Primary SchoolGood
#14Harold Court Primary SchoolGood
#15La Salette Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#16Mead Primary SchoolGood
#17Oasis Academy PinewoodGood
#18Parklands Primary SchoolGood
#19Parsonage Farm Primary SchoolGood
#20Rainham Village Primary SchoolGood
#21Squirrels Heath Primary SchoolGood
#22St Alban's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#23St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#24St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#25St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#26St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#27St Ursula's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#28Suttons Primary SchoolGood
#29The James Oglethorpe Primary SchoolGood
#30The Mawney Foundation SchoolGood
#31R J Mitchell Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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