Cranford Park Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Hayes, 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 🔒
Cranford Park Academy is a primary school in Hayes, Hillingdon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cranford Park Academy 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 23.2% are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 28.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 3 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 111 first-choice applications for 111 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer and the 9th highest of 54 Hillingdon primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Phelps Way, Harlington, Hayes, UB3 4LQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 831 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and really enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are polite and enjoy positive working relationships with staff.”
- “Pupils appreciate the wide range of learning and sporting experiences on offer.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders have not checked the effectiveness of the curriculum as accurately.”
- “In these subjects, leaders do not ensure that teachers use pupils’ assessment information as effectively to build on their prior learning.”
- “Teachers spend too long on assessment activities rather than identifying and addressing pupils’ misconceptions with precision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 111 first-preference applications, 111 offers in total, 111 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.
- Botwell House Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pinkwell Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- William Byrd Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Minet Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Minet Junior School 1.2 mi Improved significantly
- Lake Farm Park Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nanaksar Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published