Gidea Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Romford, Havering
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.33 miles
Published by London Borough of Havering · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Gidea Park Primary School is a primary school in Romford, Havering for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 May 2022. Havering has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Gidea Park Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.72 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2014 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2013 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2012 | 0.38 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.33 miles away, the shortest of 19 Havering primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 82 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families, and 29 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Havering schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lodge Avenue, Gidea Park, Romford, RM2 5AJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Havering
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 May 2022
Strengths
- “‘Achieving excellence together’ is the motto that guides everyone at this caring and popular community school.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud of their learning.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils and of the staff team.”
To improve
- “In some instances, staff’s expertise in teaching early reading is still developing.”
- “This leads to occasional inconsistencies in how well the phonics programme is delivered, and some pupils lose focus on their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 82 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Havering.
- St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Squirrels Heath Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Hylands Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Mawney Foundation School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Concordia Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rise Park Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published