Free schools · Havering

Drapers' Maylands Primary School

3–11Ages
348Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141549URN

Settle Road, Romford, RM3 9XR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.5 below Havering median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Havering

95 applications for 47 places · 43rd of 50 in Havering

Every year since 2015

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

77%met the expected standard

Havering 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 9 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Exceptional
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong standard

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

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Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
2 November 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Havering median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

95 applications · 47 places offered · 43 named it first

2026 2.0; Havering median median 2.6
2025 2.0; Havering median median 2.5
2024 2.0; Havering median median 2.7
2023 2.1; Havering median median 2.5
2022 2.5; Havering median median 2.5
2021 2.2; Havering median median 2.5
2020 2.1; Havering median median 2.5
2019 2.5; Havering median median 2.5
2018 2.6; Havering median median 2.6
2017 2.3; Havering median median 2.6
2016 3.4; Havering median median 2.8
2015 3.8; Havering median median 2.7

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	47	95	2.0	43	0.91
Sep 2025	42	83	2.0	42	1.00
Sep 2024	48	96	2.0	45	0.94
Sep 2023	37	78	2.1	37	1.00
Sep 2022	36	90	2.5	31	0.86
Sep 2021	50	108	2.2	43	0.86
Sep 2020	60	125	2.1	58	0.97
Sep 2019	50	125	2.5	48	0.96
Sep 2018	38	99	2.6	34	0.89
Sep 2017	34	79	2.3	24	0.71
Sep 2016	31	105	3.4	22	0.71
Sep 2015	10	38	3.8	6	0.60

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 85% · Maths 87% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%9th of 49 in Havering

Havering 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Havering 81% England 78%

Higher standard26%

Havering 36% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard85%

Havering 78% England 75%

Greater depth21%

Havering 17% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Havering 77% England 77%

Higher standard26%

Havering 27% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Havering median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	77%	3%	105	107
2023/24	66%	16%	105	106
2022/23	48%	11%	103	102

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

Drapers' Maylands Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School
0.3 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Mead Primary School
1.0 km · Havering

Good2024

2.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Drapers' Brookside Infant School
1.1 km · Havering

Good2022

2.6applications per place
Drapers' Brookside Junior School
1.2 km · Havering

Remains Good2023

47%met the SATs standard
Harold Court Primary School
1.4 km · Havering

Good2022

3.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Broadford Primary School
1.7 km · Havering

Good2023

2.1applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald
2.1 km · Essex

2025

3.8applications per place 98%met the SATs standard
St Ursula's Catholic Primary School
2.3 km · Havering

Good2023

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

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: Free schools
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141549 · 311/2020
Trust: Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 348 on roll
Free school meals: 27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2015
Address: Settle Road, Romford, RM3 9XR
Local authority: Havering

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