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Coteford Junior School, Pinner

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Ages 7–11

Coteford Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in Pinner, part of Partnership Learning. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 7th-highest of the 7 schools in Pinner with published results, and 10,597th of 14,452 across England. It was 77% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2015)
Capacity
77% full
Attendance
Below England average
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Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Coteford Junior School in detail

Coteford Junior School in its own words

In its own words: "Coteford Junior School is a very special place. A beacon of inclusive excellence, where every pupil is empowered to reach their full potential. Coteford Junior's recognise the value and uniqueness of each individual child. We celebrate the talents and gifts of each child and enable them to develop to their full potential spiritually, morally, academically, socially and physically."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, gymnastics, basketball and multi-sports.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026, an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Coteford Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 80% in Hillingdon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 68% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Coteford Junior School

Across Hillingdon, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Hillingdon lodged 27 appeals against primary school offers; 19 reached a hearing and none succeeded.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Coteford Junior School are Coteford Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); Warrender Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 86% maths); Harlyn Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths); and West Lodge Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 88% reading, 88% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Coteford Junior School.

Coteford Infant SchoolWarrender Primary SchoolHarlyn Primary SchoolWest Lodge Primary School

The trust

Coteford Junior School is one of 20 schools run by Partnership Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 20 schools in Partnership Learning

What parents say

37 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Coteford Junior School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 54% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (54%).

Who goes there

In 2026, 50 pupils (22.3%) received SEN support and 23 (10.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Coteford Junior School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 7 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Getting there

The nearest tram or metro stop is Woody Bay (Ruislip Lido Railway), about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Woodman, 330 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 156 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hillingdon (256).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Coteford Junior School issued 17 suspensions, 6.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Coteford Junior School are Haydon School (0.5 miles), Bishop Ramsey Church of England School (0.6 miles), Northwood School (1.1 miles) and UTC Heathrow (1.1 miles).

Haydon SchoolBishop Ramsey Church of England SchoolNorthwood SchoolUTC Heathrow

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; 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

Likely (~559m)Possible (~799m)Unlikely (~1.0km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Miss Joanna Martin
Pupils:224
LA:Hillingdon
Phone:01895634206
Address:Fore Street, Eastcote, Pinner, HA5 2JQ
Trust:PARTNERSHIP LEARNING (20 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 February 2013

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from June 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

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Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.

Inspected 12 November 2024View full report
URN:139295
UKPRN:10040307
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Coteford Junior School creates a calm, orderly environment where pupils are happy and feel valued. Teachers deliver engaging lessons and provide strong support to help all pupils, including those with additional needs, make good progress in reading and maths. The school enriches learning through visits to local parks and places of worship, residential trips, and a wide range of clubs and activities.

Key Strengths

  • Strong teaching of reading and mathematics with regular checks to identify and support pupils who fall behind
  • Excellent support for pupils with SEND, with effective adaptations enabling them to progress well
  • Ambitious and engaging curriculum delivered by teachers with good subject knowledge
  • High expectations for behaviour, with pupils managing their feelings well and following school rules
  • Broad range of personal development activities including clubs, philosophy lessons, and spiritual/cultural enrichment

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subject leaders are new to their roles and need better training to monitor and embed their subjects effectively so all pupils achieve well across all areas
  • Persistent absence rates remain high, meaning some pupils miss important learning and school activities

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture where pupils are kept safe and confident that staff will help with any concerns.

Extracurricular Activities

Drama club, basketball, gymnastics, reading ambassadors, mathematics ambassadors, house captain roles, visits to Gunnersbury Park, Ruislip Woods, places of worship (churches, synagogues, Mandir in Neasden), residential trips to Dorset, philosophy lessons, debating

Coteford Junior School is an inclusive and nurturing school that has maintained good standards since its previous inspection. The school is ambitious for all pupils to succeed, including those with special educational needs, and pupils achieve well by the time they move to secondary school.

At a Glance

30.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Physical

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

37 responses
Would recommend95%
Child is happy95%
Child does well89%
High expectations89%
Feels safe92%
Well behaved89%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)54%
Kept informed87%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)74%
Wider development84%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
ReadingMaths-7ppWriting-1pp

Reading has remained stable at around 68% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 78% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 67% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

22.9

Avg class size

22.9

KS2

7

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Getting There

Bus Stops

The Woodman (Stop Y)
327m · 5 min walk
Wiltshire Lane (Stop A)
364m · 6 min walk
Eastcote High Road (Stop B)
440m · 7 min walk
Fore Street (Stop U)
443m · 7 min walk
High Road Eastcote (Stop V)
468m · 8 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Coteford Junior School is in Hillingdon; for families living there:

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
19
Fatal
0
Serious
5
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 14 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.

2 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 Hillingdon is 25 (the median across 111 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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Commute and house prices

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

77%

Available places

251 pupils

324 places

73 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Pinner

Low pressure
New homes approved:660
Projected new pupils:165

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

Across Hillingdon council

Low demand council-wide0.78 applications per place

Places available

4,157

Applications

3,222

Got 1st preference

94.6%

Got preferred school

99.3%

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

Inspection History(3)

12 November 2024

Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.

22 May 2019
24 June 2015
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

50

SEN Support

23

EHC Plans

32.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Coteford Junior School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 7 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication25
Autistic Spectrum Disorder18
Social, Emotional & Mental Health14
Other8
Physical Disability5
Specific Learning Difficulty1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
39.7%
Asian
12.0%
Black
3.6%
Mixed
16.9%
Other
9.8%
Unclassified
1.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals30.8%
English as Additional Language21.9%

224

Total Pupils

114

Boys

110

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

15

Teachers

14.9:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£53,625

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,101

Per pupil

£1747k

Total funding

£124k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£164,146
EAL funding£13,749
Lump sum£159,662

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.7%

Overall absence

21.1%

Persistent absence

265

Enrolments

Authorised4.6%
Unauthorised3.0%
Persistent (10%+)21.1%
Severe (50%+)3.0%

Absence trend

4.1%
18/19
4.8%
20/21
6.6%
21/22
6.9%
22/23
6.1%
23/24
7.7%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Coteford Junior School

What are SATs results like at Coteford Junior School?

Of the pupils at Coteford Junior School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 68% reached the expected standard in reading and 71% did so in maths.

What is Coteford Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Coteford Junior School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in June 2015, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Coteford Junior School?

No fixed boundary. When Coteford Junior School is oversubscribed, Hillingdon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Coteford Junior School?

Coteford Junior School was not full in 2025: it ran at 77% of its 324 places.

How big are the classes at Coteford Junior School?

Classes at Coteford Junior School average 22.9 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Coteford Junior School?

Coteford Junior School has around 224 pupils on roll. 31% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Coteford Junior School have specialist SEN provision?

Coteford Junior School has a resourced provision for physical disability: 7 places, 7 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Coteford Junior School?

7.7% of sessions were missed at Coteford Junior School in 2024/25. 21.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Coteford Junior School?

Apply through Hillingdon's coordinated admissions process, naming Coteford Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.

How many road collisions happen near Coteford Junior School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 14 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Hillingdon is 25 (the median across 111 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Coteford Junior School?

Coteford Junior School is at Fore Street, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 2JQ.

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

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