Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Uxbridge, 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 🔒
Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School is a primary school in Uxbridge, Hillingdon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2022. Hillingdon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Cowley St Laurence CofE 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place; places ran out in 1 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 31 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, 5th lowest of 54 Hillingdon primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hillingdon.
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
- Worcester Road, Cowley, Uxbridge, UB8 3TH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 395 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school and feel safe.”
- “Pupils and families know that staff have high expectations for behaviour.”
- “Pupils said that bullying rarely happens.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, in a few instances, staff lack clarity about what pupils have learned in previous years and how this learning contributes to leaders’ long-term goals for pupils’ achievement.”
- “This means that it is harder for staff to deepen pupils’ understanding of the subject.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2022 (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) | 58% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 27 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.
- Rabbsfarm Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitehall School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Colham Manor Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John Locke Academy 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Andrew's C of E Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillingdon Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published