Frithwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Northwood, Hillingdon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hillingdon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Frithwood Primary School is a primary school in Northwood, Hillingdon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Frithwood 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every applicant was offered a place; 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 26 of the 95 applications (27%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Hillingdon, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hillingdon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Carew Road, Northwood, HA6 3NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 374 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Frithwood is a large, nurturing, inclusive primary school with a ‘family feel.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘striving for excellence, learning for life, achievement for all’ is lived out here.”
- “Staff have high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the important knowledge and skills pupils need to know and remember have not been as carefully identified.”
- “In these instances, pupils do not develop as deep an understanding of important ideas.”
- “However, leaders have correctly identified that some teachers are less confident in teaching some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 72% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 21 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 Hillingdon.
- Hillside Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillside Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Harlyn Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coteford Junior School 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Coteford Infant School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiteheath Junior School 2.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next