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R J Mitchell Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 268Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 131590URN

Tangmere Crescent, Hornchurch, RM12 5PP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
1.5 above Havering median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Havering

60 applications for 15 places · 5th of 50 in Havering
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 27 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  3. 5 May 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.0applications per place, Reception
1.5 above Havering median (2.5) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

60 applications · 15 places offered · 12 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 4.0; Havering median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.1; Havering median median 2.5
  3. 2024 3.7; Havering median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.8; Havering median median 2.5
  5. 2022 3.7; Havering median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.9; Havering median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.7; Havering median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.0; Havering median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.1; Havering median median 2.6
  10. 2017 3.2; Havering median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.1; Havering median median 2.8
  12. 2015 3.0; Havering median median 2.7
  13. 2014 4.7; Havering median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Havering median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Havering median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615604.0120.80
Sep 202528863.1190.68
Sep 202423843.7160.70
Sep 2023371042.8290.78
Sep 2022441623.7390.89
Sep 2021501452.9430.86
Sep 2020591582.7480.81
Sep 2019591793.0500.85
Sep 2018601853.1490.82
Sep 2017601893.2540.90
Sep 2016601873.1420.70
Sep 2015591773.0601.02
Sep 2014281314.7240.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 60% · Writing 55% · Maths 60% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%44th of 49 in Havering
Reading
Expected standard60%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard55%
Greater depth15%
Maths
Expected standard60%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Havering median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%7%102101
2023/2449%6%104105
2022/2335%5%101102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
131590 · 311/2093
Capacity
291 pupils · 268 on roll
Free school meals
28.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 1999
Address
Tangmere Crescent, Hornchurch, RM12 5PP
Local authority
Havering

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources