Cherry Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · West Drayton, 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 🔒
Cherry Lane Primary School is a primary school in West Drayton, Hillingdon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cherry 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 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 36.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (26 June 2024); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon, 7 are Good and 1 has no current grade.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 56 first-choice applications for 56 offers; places ran out in 2 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Hillingdon primary schools.
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
- Sipson Road, West Drayton, UB7 9DL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 562 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Cherry Lane are polite and welcoming to visitors.”
- “Pupils feel safe and are kept safe at school.”
- “This is because they have trusted adults to speak with and can report any concerns they may have by using the ‘worry box’.”
To improve
- “At times, however, the behaviour of some pupils disrupts learning, and this is not always addressed swiftly.”
- “However, it is not consistently well designed or implemented.”
- “As a result, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not develop a sufficient depth of knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 46% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 56 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.
- Heathrow Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laurel Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Drayton Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Catherine Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Pinkwell Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Harmondsworth Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Byrd Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published