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Brentside Primary School, London

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Ages 3–11

Brentside Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in London, part of Brentside Primary Academy. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in February 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 175th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 1,291st of 14,452 across England. It was 89% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2024)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Ealing (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 27 Oct 2026

Brentside Primary School in detail

Brentside Primary School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Brentside Primary Academy, we are a two form entry academy, situated in Hanwell in the London Borough of Ealing. We are a single school academy, and currently have on roll over 400 pupils, ranging in ages from 3 to 11 years."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, multi-sports, yoga, choir, Lego and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils at Brentside Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 91% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 81% in Ealing and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (93% in reading, 91% in maths).

Getting a place at Brentside Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Brentside Primary School as their first choice and 74 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Brentside Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Brentside Primary School are Woodlands Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 61% reading, 74% maths); Mayfield Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths); Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 75% maths); and Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles).

Brentside Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Woodlands AcademyMayfield Primary SchoolOur Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary SchoolOur Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School

The trust

Brentside Primary School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Who goes there

39.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 55.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (25%), Black (25%) and other ethnic groups (21%).

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Castle Bar Park Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kennedy Road, 150 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Brentside Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 331 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Ealing (586).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Brentside Primary School issued 19 suspensions, 4.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Brentside Primary School are Brentside High School (under 0.1 miles), The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School (0.5 miles), Drayton Manor High School (0.7 miles) and William Perkin Church of England High School (0.9 miles).

Brentside High SchoolThe Cardinal Wiseman Catholic SchoolDrayton Manor High SchoolWilliam Perkin Church of England High School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Caroline Crosdale
Pupils:382
LA:Ealing
Phone:02088132580
Address:Kennedy Road, Hanwell, London, W7 1JL
Trust:BRENTSIDE PRIMARY ACADEMY
Status:open
Opened:1 April 2013

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 7 February 2024View full report
URN:139488
UKPRN:10040985
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Ealing North
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its February 2024 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Personal development.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

39.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-2ppMathsWriting-1pp

Reading has remained stable at around 91% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 91% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 85% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

26.2

Avg class size

22.0

Infant (KS1)

29.0

KS2

11

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Brentside Primary School.

  • Happy Choo Choo Nursery Hanwell390m away · Not yet graded
  • PSD Childcare780m away · Not yet graded
  • Boom Sports - OLOV880m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Brentside Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Ealing's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Castle Bar Park Rail Station
663m · 11 min walk
Castle Bar Park Station (Entrance)
721m · 12 min walk
South Greenford Rail Station
887m · 14 min walk

Bus Stops

Kennedy Road (Stop GQ)
154m · 3 min walk
Brentside High School (Stop GP)
163m · 3 min walk
Greenford Ave /Ruislip Rd East (Stop RY)
176m · 3 min walk
Cuckoo Avenue (Stop RT)
207m · 3 min walk
Gifford Gardens (Stop GL)
332m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Brentside Primary School is in Ealing; for families living there:

Apply to Ealing for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
38
Fatal
0
Serious
6
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 38 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 32 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Ealing is 61 (the median across 115 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Brentside Primary School

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Your home postcode, set against Brentside Primary School's admissions figures, in one report saved to your account.

What the report includes for Brentside Primary School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Brentside Primary School.
  • Ealing publishes last distance offered figures, but none for Brentside Primary School that we hold, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Brentside Primary School for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Ealing got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

89%

Available places

374 pupils

420 places

46 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - London

Low pressure
New homes approved:114,409
Projected new pupils:28,602

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for London

Across Ealing council

Low demand council-wide0.82 applications per place

Places available

4,155

Applications

3,394

Got 1st preference

90.2%

Got preferred school

98.1%

All primary applications across Ealing council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(3)

7 February 2024
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
6 October 2020
13 June 2012
Outstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

61

SEN Support

18

EHC Plans

20.7%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication51
Social, Emotional & Mental Health11
Autistic Spectrum Disorder8
Moderate Learning Difficulty7
Hearing Impairment1
Visual Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
5.8%
Asian
25.1%
Black
25.1%
Mixed
15.4%
Other
20.9%
Unclassified
4.2%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals39.8%
English as Additional Language55.8%

382

Total Pupils

201

Boys

181

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

20

Teachers

19.1:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£56,606

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,413

Per pupil

£2611k

Total funding

£203k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£338,884
EAL funding£66,172
Lump sum£166,150

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.0%

Overall absence

19.3%

Persistent absence

363

Enrolments

Authorised4.8%
Unauthorised1.2%
Persistent (10%+)19.3%
Severe (50%+)3.0%

Absence trend

4.9%
18/19
6.2%
20/21
7.2%
21/22
7.5%
22/23
6.1%
23/24
6.0%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Brentside Primary School

What are SATs results like at Brentside Primary School?

Of the pupils at Brentside Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 91% reached the expected standard in reading and 91% did so in maths.

What is Brentside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Brentside Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2024. At its previous graded inspection in 2012 it was rated Outstanding.

What is the catchment area for Brentside Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Brentside Primary School is oversubscribed, Ealing allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Brentside Primary School?

Brentside Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 89% of its 420 places.

How big are the classes at Brentside Primary School?

Classes at Brentside Primary School average 26.2 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Brentside Primary School?

Brentside Primary School has around 382 pupils on roll. 40% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Brentside Primary School?

6% of sessions were missed at Brentside Primary School in 2024/25. 19.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Brentside Primary School?

Apply through Ealing's coordinated admissions process, naming Brentside Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Brentside Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 3 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Brentside Primary School: Happy Choo Choo Nursery Hanwell (390m away, registered, not yet graded), PSD Childcare (780m away, registered, not yet graded) and Boom Sports - OLOV (880m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Brentside Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 38 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 32 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Ealing is 61 (the median across 115 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Brentside Primary School?

Brentside Primary School is at Kennedy Road, Hanwell, London, W7 1JL.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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