Mead Primary School, Romford
Mead Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Romford. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 34th-highest of the 34 schools in Romford with published results, and 13,535th of 14,452 across England. It was 86% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Havering (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Mead Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils at Mead Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 78% in Havering and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 71% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Mead Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 79 families put Mead Primary School as their first choice and 186 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mead Primary School are Broadford Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 60% reading, 63% maths); Drapers' Brookside Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 57% maths); Drapers' Brookside Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); and Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 72% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Mead Primary School.
Broadford Primary SchoolDrapers' Brookside Junior SchoolDrapers' Brookside Infant SchoolDrapers' Pyrgo Priory School
Who goes there
31.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Asian (14%) and Mixed (9%).
In 2026, 140 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 59 (7.4%) 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.
Mead Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Mead Primary School had 47 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Harold Wood Station, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kingsbridge Road, 190 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 334 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Havering (201), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Mead Primary School issued 24 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mead Primary School are Drapers' Academy (0.6 miles), Redden Court School (1.2 miles) and The Campion School (1.5 miles).
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; DfE school workforce census; 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 GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils are happy and thriving in this friendly and inclusive school. Leaders have high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour. As a result, lessons are calm and purposeful. Around the school, pupils behave sensibly. The school encourages pupils to help each other and to understand and respect different perspectives and cultural differences. The needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are understood well by all in the school.
School leaders have swiftly put in place staff training to raise the standard of reading in the school. The reading programme is now a strength of the school. The school's curriculum is ambitious for pupils. The school supplements the taught curriculum through a wide range of educational visits.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school's curriculum, including in the early years, has been redesigned in recent years to increase its ambition in line with the national curriculum. The curriculum is now structured around the important disciplinary knowledge and skills of each subject. Key learning builds up sequentially over time. The school's curriculum development work is further ahead in some subjects than it is in others, including in early years. Early mathematics, for example, is well supported through the range of learning opportunities that children can choose. Other areas of the curriculum are less well defined in the learning that children can choose to access.
The result of a well-planned programme of training for staff and the use of subject-specialist teachers, for example in art, physical education and music, is that the curriculum is typically delivered with confidence, including in the early years. This is particularly the case in English and mathematics. Where the curriculum is newer, teachers are less confident. At times, the explanations of teachers in these subjects are less clear. The activities they choose to help pupils to consolidate their learning can distract pupils from the key knowledge they need to learn. In the early years, recent training for staff has improved the ways in which they interact with children to develop their communication skills and vocabulary.
From Ofsted's July 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2024 inspection.
Rated Outstanding for
Personal development.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
32.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEN unit: Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 71% to 52% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 72% to 59% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 67% to 50% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
26.2
Avg class size
26.3
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
26
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Mead Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Mead Primary School.
- Abacus After School Club MeadAt the school · Not yet graded
- Essex After School Clubs @ Broadford650m away · Not yet graded
- Let's Art It!730m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Mead Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Mead Primary School is in Havering; for families living there:
Apply to Havering for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 36
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 36 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 29 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 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 Havering is 23.5 (the median across 92 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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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
86%
Available places
723 pupils
840 places
117 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Romford
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Romford
Across Havering council
Places available
3,373
Applications
3,066
Got 1st preference
91.5%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Havering council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(8)
Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good, but Ofsted raised concerns; its next inspection will be a full graded one.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
140
SEN Support
59
EHC Plans
24.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Mead Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
801
Total Pupils
404
Boys
397
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
47
Teachers
17.0:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£54,624
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,142
Per pupil
£5083k
Total funding
£412k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.1%
Overall absence
19.4%
Persistent absence
680
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Mead Primary School
Questions parents ask about Mead Primary School
What are SATs results like at Mead Primary School?
Of the pupils at Mead Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 52% reached the expected standard in reading and 59% did so in maths.
What is Mead Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Mead Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024.
What is the catchment area for Mead Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Mead Primary School is oversubscribed, Havering allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Mead Primary School?
Mead Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 86% of its 840 places.
How big are the classes at Mead Primary School?
Classes at Mead Primary School average 26.2 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Mead Primary School?
Mead Primary School has around 801 pupils on roll. 33% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Mead Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Mead Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Mead Primary School?
6.1% of sessions were missed at Mead Primary School in 2024/25. 19.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Mead Primary School?
Apply through Havering's coordinated admissions process, naming Mead 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 Mead Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Abacus After School Club Mead (registered, not yet graded). There are 2 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Mead Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 36 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 29 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 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 Havering is 23.5 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mead Primary School?
Mead Primary School is at Amersham Road, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex, RM3 9JD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)