Drapers' Brookside Infant School

Primary · ages 3-7MixedAcademy198 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubRomford Havering

School Chooser Score

Well below
similar schools

Likely range 5 to 29, so it could be “below”

Out of 100. Better than 9% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.

OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, October 2022

Attendance92.5%England 94.8%

Pupils from low-income families33%A bit more than most schools

PlacesFull198 pupils, 180 places

Pupils per teacher17.0School workforce census

Pupils on roll198Census January 2026

Drapers' Brookside Infant School is a converter academy in Romford for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 198 pupils, 18 more than it has places for. About 33 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 12 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 9% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.

Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ01708 371331drapersbrookside.comMrs Angela Winch principalAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 11 October 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”

Good

BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”

Good

WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”

Good

LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”

Good

Early years

Good

Safeguarding

Effective

Yes

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Nearly full179 pupils for 180 places, 2024/25

99% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 0.7 miles away in 2026, 5.4 miles away in 2023, 460 m away in 2022. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 0.7 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

Entry	Places	Applied at all	Got a place	How far the last child lived	Source
2026 Primary	30	81	30	0.7 miles	LA
2025 Primary	60	117	56	– all offered	LA
2024 Primary	60	140	54	– all offered	LA
2023 Primary	60	120	60	5.4 miles	LA
2022 Primary	60	142	60	460 m	LA

The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.

What a home within 0.7 miles of the school costs

Typical sale price within 0.7 miles of the school£390,000half sold for £325k to £430k

Homes sold412December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry

Compared with the district-12%a typical home in the district sells for £445,000

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll198Census January 2026

Places180110% full

Pupils from low-income families31%33% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English48%First language is not English

Pupils getting extra support12%23 pupils with SEN support

Pupils with an EHC plan8%16 pupils with a plan

Average class size29.04 classes, January 2026; England 25.4

Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%

Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)37%£97,650 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%

Boys and girls106 / 92

White British pupils38%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (12), language and communications needs (12), Autistic spectrum disorder (9), Moderate learning difficulty (5), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed

Census	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Pupils on roll	198	229	218	225	225	212
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals	31%	28%	27%	31%	33%	28%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language	48%	43%	42%	36%	33%	33%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support	–	13%	12%	18%	11%	6%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans	–	7%	7%	2%	2%	1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.5%

England 94.8%

Official name: 100 minus overall absence

Pupils missing a lot of school24.4%

England 12.8%

Official name: Persistent absence

Suspensions per 100 pupils7.02024/25, no permanent exclusions

Missed without permission0.9%of school time, 2024/25

Attendance year by year

Measure	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22	2020/21	2018/19	England
Sessions missedOverall absence	7.5%	6.5%	7.7%	8.3%	3.9%	5.0%	5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence	6.7%	5.4%	6.7%	7.6%	3.3%	3.9%	–
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.2%	–
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence	24.4%	23.2%	25.6%	31.1%	8.2%	9.0%	12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate	7.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.4	–	–
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers11.3full-time equivalent, 13 people

Pupils per teacher17.0Pupils for every full-time teacher

Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status

Teaching assistants12.5full-time equivalent

Average teacher pay£54,736

Teachers who left in the year24%2024/25, for any reason including retirement

Vacancies0

Sick days per teacher14.52024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£16,843England £7,128. Total £3.6m

Income per pupil£19,449England £7,587. Total £4.2m

Spent on teachers per pupil£6,236England £3,405

Money in reserve3%Not much put by: £134k, £619 per pupil. England 9%

Money in against money out+£563kit took in more than it spent this year

Where the money goes£16,843spent per pupil

37%22%14%13%

Teachers 37%Support staff 22%Supply staff 14%Buildings 2%Learning resources 5%Catering 5%Energy 3%Everything else 13%

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m55412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate92 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average

Typical house price£445,000Havering

Nearest bus stop60 mBrookside School, 21 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Drapers' Brookside Junior School	Academy	80 m	234	Good 2023	13	Compare
Mead Primary School	Council	770 m	801	Good 2024	10	Compare
Broadford Primary School	Council	860 m	654	Good 2023	22	Compare
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School	Academy	870 m	277	No overall grade 2025	13	Compare
Drapers' Maylands Primary School	Free school	0.7 miles	348	Report card 2025	71	Compare
St Ursula's Catholic Primary School	Roman Catholic	0.8 miles	423	Good 2023	78	Compare
Hilldene Primary School	Council	0.9 miles	643	No overall grade 2024	11	Compare
Harold Court Primary School	Council	1.0 miles	420	Good 2022	65	Compare

Primary schools in Havering Primary schools in Romford Best primary schools in England

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Drapers' Brookside Infant School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats9%of schools with a similar mix of pupils

Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 12 is 24 points below the typical school in the group.

0Lowest of the group 3 · middle 36 · highest 96100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Drapers' Brookside Infant School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School	Church of England	12.9 miles	189	Good 2023	42	Compare
West Green Primary School	Council	13.8 miles	208	Report card 2026	66	Compare
St John Vianney RC Primary School	Roman Catholic	14.0 miles	234	Outstanding 2024	93	Compare
Grinling Gibbons Primary School	Council	14.1 miles	208	Good 2022	32	Compare
Haberdashers' Knights Primary	Academy	15.2 miles	207	Good 2023	60	Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 12 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 12% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 5 to 29. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked at	How much it counts	Against schools like it	Effect on the score	Based on
Results over three years	0%	no data	–
Ofsted inspection	18% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)	in line	+0.02	Ofsted grade, 3.9 years old
Progress pupils make	0%	no data	–
Direction of travel over five years	10%	well below	-0.28	results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour	10%	well below	-0.36	2024/25; 131 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils	0%	no data	–
What parents say	0%	no data	–

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Drapers' Brookside Infant School a good school?

The figures are weak. Drapers' Brookside Infant School scores 12 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 9% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 5 to 29, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Drapers' Brookside Infant School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Drapers' Brookside Infant School good at its last full inspection on 11 October 2022.

How many pupils does Drapers' Brookside Infant School have?

198 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 110% full.

Is Drapers' Brookside Infant School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.7 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Drapers' Brookside Infant School?

Pupils were in school 92.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 24% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Drapers' Brookside Infant School?

The average class had 29.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Drapers' Brookside Infant School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ
Telephone: 01708 371331
Website: www.drapersbrookside.com
Principal: Mrs Angela Winch
Free breakfast club: Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school: Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase: Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
Gender: Mixed
Multi-academy trust: Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust (5 schools)
Local authority: Havering
Ward: Gooshays
Constituency: Hornchurch and Upminster
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 September 2016 (academy converter)
URN: 142966 · LAESTAB 3112036 · UKPRN 10057151
Formerly: Brookside Infant School

Official record Ofsted reports Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
Admissions outcomes: Havering council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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