Drapers' Maylands Primary School, Romford

Ofsted's report card from its 18 November 2025 inspection grades Drapers' Maylands Primary School on 7 areas: 1 exceptional, 5 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "The school's personal development provision is integral to all aspects of school life."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders demonstrate highly effective practice in promoting and sustaining excellent attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The school's curriculum is broad and designed to give pupils the knowledge they need for their next steps."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years environment is highly engaging and well designed."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders and staff have created a highly inclusive culture, which is underpinned by knowing individual pupils incredibly well."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are highly committed to serving the school community."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well, and they develop a secure grasp of the curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to strengthen their work in reducing barriers to learning so that pupils' achievement is better reflected in the school's published outcomes".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Drapers' Maylands Primary School opened in September 2015 and is unique in many ways. Our school values are woven into the fabric of every-day life in school. The children work hard, have fun and develop their skills under the care of very skilled and dedicated staff."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Drapers' Maylands Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 78% in Havering and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 68% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 43 families put Drapers' Maylands Primary School as their first choice and 95 named it as one of their preferences, for 47 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Drapers' Maylands Primary School are Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 72% maths); Mead Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 52% reading, 59% maths); Drapers' Brookside Infant School (0.7 miles, Good); and Drapers' Brookside Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 65% reading, 57% maths).

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

Drapers' Maylands Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

29 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Drapers' Maylands Primary School (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

50.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (33%), Mixed (13%) and Black (10%).

The nearest railway station is Harold Wood Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Settle Road, 260 metres away.

In 2024/25, Drapers' Maylands Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.