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Drapers' Brookside Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 198Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142966URN

Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Havering median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Havering

79 applications for 30 places · 21st of 50 in Havering

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.6applications per place, Reception
close to Havering median (2.5) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

79 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Havering median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.1; Havering median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.5; Havering median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Havering median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.3; Havering median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.2; Havering median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.1; Havering median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.4; Havering median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.4; Havering median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.7; Havering median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.7; Havering median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Havering median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Havering median median 2.5; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Havering median

Dashed bars: as Brookside Infant School (URN 102289), the previous school.

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 202630792.6301.00
Sep 2025521092.1500.96
Sep 2024521302.5450.87
Sep 2023601141.9580.97
Sep 2022601402.3721.20
Sep 2021581252.2460.79
Sep 2020601252.1540.90
Sep 2019601462.4570.95
Sep 2018601412.4560.93
Sep 2017601622.7651.08
Sep 2016 *601592.7611.02
Sep 2015 *601542.6771.28
Sep 2014 *601312.2621.03

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142966 · 311/2036
Trust
Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity
180 pupils · 198 on roll
Free school meals
32.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
Brookside Infant School (URN 102289)
Address
Dagnam Park Drive, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9DJ
Local authority
Havering

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