Ryefield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB10 9DE – View on map
- Phone: 01895547036
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Colin Tucker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 41 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 41 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 78
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Hillingdon average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.3% a year (Hillingdon 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hillingdon: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 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 Hillingdon, 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: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Hillingdon average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 53% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 69% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 42nd of 55 junior and primary schools in the area
- =42Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School58%
- =42Rabbsfarm Primary School58%
- =42Ryefield Primary School58%
- #45Coteford Junior School56%
- =46Pinkwell Primary School55%
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31st of 43 primary schools in Hillingdon for Ofsted rating
- #29Rabbsfarm Primary SchoolGood
- #30Rosedale Primary SchoolGood
- #31Ryefield Primary SchoolGood
- #32St Bernadette Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #33St Catherine Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,701 (2024-25)
40th of 48 primary schools in Hillingdon for spending per pupil
- #38Cranford Park Academy£6,786
- #39Wood End Park Academy£6,709
- #40Ryefield Primary School£6,701
- #41Hermitage Primary School£6,638
- #42West Drayton Academy£6,531
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