Barley Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Romford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barley Lane Primary School is a primary school in Romford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Barley Lane 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
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, though places ran out in 1 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 88 first-choice applications for 95 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Redbridge schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Huxley Drive, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 4RJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 840 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Barley Lane Primary is an inclusive and aspirational school.”
- “Its motto, ‘believe in yourself, learn together, persevere and succeed’, is clearly evident in the daily life of the school.”
- “From the early years onwards, staff set high expectations.”
To improve
- “Although phonics outcomes at the end of Year 1 in 2024 were below average, current evidence shows that pupils learn their sounds appropriately.”
- “However, on occasion, some activities that pupils complete do not deepen their understanding sufficiently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 88 first-preference applications, 95 offers in total, 88 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 Redbridge.
- Farnham Green Primary School 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Chadwell Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Goodmayes Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Downshall Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aldborough Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published