Mead Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Romford, Havering
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Havering · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2012–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Mead Primary School is a primary school in Romford, Havering for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Havering has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Mead 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
| Reception 2014 | Not published |
| Reception 2013 | 3.13 mi |
| Reception 2012 | 1.24 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 every applicant to Reception was offered a place, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in both earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 79 first-choice applications for 87 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- It has 17.6 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Havering is 21.2.
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
- Amersham Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9JD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Havering
- Pupils on roll
- 801 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and thriving in this friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for pupils’ learning and behaviour.”
- “As a result, lessons are calm and purposeful.”
To improve
- “The school’s curriculum development work is further ahead in some subjects than it is in others, including in early years.”
- “Other areas of the curriculum are less well defined in the learning that children can choose to access.”
- “Where the curriculum is newer, teachers are less confident.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2024 (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) | 40% | 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: 79 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 79 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.
- Broadford Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harold Court Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ursula's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hilldene Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published