Hillside Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Hillside Infant School is a primary school in Northwood, Hillingdon for ages 3–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hillside Infant 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 11 earlier years.
- 41 of the 56 other Hillingdon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 15 of the 87 applications (17%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Hillingdon, and 10 offers went to them.
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
- Northwood Way, Northwood, HA6 1RX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “There is a real sense of community at this school.”
- “This is because staff get to know pupils and their families, so they understand what they need in order to achieve well.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe and enjoy coming to school to learn and interact with their peers.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, the tasks and activities that are set do not consistently match the ambition of the planned curriculum.”
- “In these instances, pupils do not routinely develop the same depth of knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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 Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- Frithwood Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlyn Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Coteford Junior School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Coteford Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warrender Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiteheath Junior School 2.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next