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Hilltop Infant School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 237Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144834URN

Hill Avenue, Wickford, SS11 8LT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

140 applications for 57 places · 155th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 12 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

140 applications · 57 places offered · 57 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.7; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.9; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Hilltop Infant School (URN 114886), 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 2026571402.5571.00
Sep 2025621272.1600.97
Sep 2024641221.9610.95
Sep 2023511082.1500.98
Sep 202246881.9430.93
Sep 2021671141.7590.88
Sep 2020701201.7660.94
Sep 2019651201.9620.95
Sep 2018731241.7670.92
Sep 2017 *721331.9630.88
Sep 2016 *751522.0700.93
Sep 2015 *751632.2781.04
Sep 2014 *751552.1650.87

Schools nearby

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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
144834 · 881/2548
Trust
Hearts Academy Trust
Capacity
249 pupils · 237 on roll
Free school meals
8.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Hilltop Infant School (URN 114886)
Address
Hill Avenue, Wickford, SS11 8LT
Local authority
Essex · Basildon

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