Drapers' Brookside Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Romford, Havering
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.75 miles
Published by London Borough of Havering · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Drapers' Brookside Infant School is a primary school in Romford, Havering for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Havering has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Drapers' Brookside 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 | 0.75 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 5.38 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 2.00 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2014 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2013 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2012 | 0.62 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.75 miles away, the 9th shortest of 19 Havering primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.80 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2012, and it swung sharply between some years, the biggest move from 2022 to 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 15 years with a published Reception outcome, and the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60 places.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Havering schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Havering
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy school.”
- “They are supported by staff who are committed to helping pupils to achieve their best.”
- “Staff’s expectations for every pupil are high.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders are part way through developing their curriculum thinking and how they want this to be adopted in lessons.”
- “While leaders know pupils well, some aspects of curriculum design do not take account of pupils’ needs and starting points.”
- “This is particularly the case where subject leadership is new.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Havering.
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Mead Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadford Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ursula's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hilldene Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harold Court Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published