Drapers' Maylands Primary School, Romford
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 10 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Drapers' Maylands excels at developing confident, well-rounded young people through exceptional personal development provision. The school provides outstanding enrichment opportunities including trips, clubs and performances that bring learning to life. With excellent attendance, strong behaviour, and a highly inclusive approach where all pupils - including disadvantaged learners - are supported to thrive, this school creates a nurturing environment where every child can succeed.
Key Strengths
- Personal development and wellbeing programme is exceptional, with enrichment activities including curriculum-linked trips, clubs, country dancing and music festivals
- Excellent attendance rates consistently above national averages, with very low persistent absence
- Highly inclusive culture with robust systems to identify and address barriers to learning quickly
- Strong behaviour and respect throughout school, creating a calm, purposeful learning environment
- Well-sequenced, broad curriculum with outdoor learning as a key feature and strong phonics teaching
Areas for Improvement
- Achievement in national tests is close to national averages rather than above - phonics and writing are stronger areas but overall attainment needs to rise further
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Curriculum-linked trips, clubs, country dancing, music festivals, art competitions, songwriting competitions, performing arts examinations, WOW days, European Day of Languages
Drapers' Maylands Primary School is a high-performing school with exceptional personal development provision and strong standards across most areas. Leaders demonstrate a clear commitment to preparing pupils exceptionally well for their next stage of education and life beyond school.
At a Glance
27.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
28 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 82%. Maths has improved from 82% to 87%. Writing has improved from 77% to 85%.
Class Sizes
24.7
Avg class size
23.8
Infant (KS1)
25.8
KS2
11
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
83%
Available places
348 pupils
420 capacity
72 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Romford
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Romford
Admissions Demand - Havering
Places available
3,462
Applications
3,096
Got 1st preference
89.8%
Got preferred school
98.4%
Primary admissions across Havering (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.67368%
Overall absence
11.2462%
Persistent absence
329
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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