Cannon Lane Primary School
Cannonbury Avenue, Pinner, HA5 1TS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Brown
- Constituency
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 712
- URN
- 102204
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088663536
About this school
Cannon Lane Primary School is a community primary school in Pinner. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 712 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cannon Lane Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 120 | 120 | 116 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 84% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 23% | 24% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 91% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 92% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 93% | 91% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cannon Lane Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Harrow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79% | 65.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 67.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 69.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 802 |
| 2023/24 | 772 |
| 2024/25 | 734 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cannon Lane Primary School compares
Cannon Lane Primary School ranked 10th of 39 primary schools in Harrow for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 4% | 7.6% | 712 | — |
| Newnham Junior School | 81% | 3.4% | 10.1% | 350 | 0.5 miles |
| Newnham Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.1% | 6% | 302 | 0.5 miles |
| West Lodge Primary School | 76% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 642 | 0.7 miles |
| Longfield Primary School | 72% | 5.7% | 14.5% | 617 | 0.8 miles |
| Roxbourne Primary School | 83% | 4.1% | 16.6% | 465 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.63%
- English as an additional language
- 53.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.96%
- Persistent absence
- 7.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newnham Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Newnham Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
West Lodge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Pinner
-
Longfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Harrow
-
Roxbourne Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Harrow
Other schools in Pinner
Cannon Lane Primary School ranks 3rd of the 7 ranked primary schools in Pinner.
- Coteford Infant School Primary
- Coteford Junior School Primary
- Grimsdyke School Primary
- Pinner Park Primary School Primary
- Pinner Wood School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- West Lodge Primary School Primary
- Haydon School Secondary
- Nower Hill High School Secondary
- Pinner High School Secondary
- Buckingham Preparatory School Independent schools
- Reddiford School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Cannon Lane Primary School teach?
- Cannon Lane Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Pinner.
- Who is the headteacher of Cannon Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cannon Lane Primary School is Mrs Nicola Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cannon Lane Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cannon Lane Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Cannon Lane Primary School?
- Cannon Lane Primary School has 712 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cannon Lane Primary School full?
- Cannon Lane Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 712 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cannon Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cannon Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cannon Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cannon Lane Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cannon Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cannon Lane Primary School compare with other schools in Harrow?
- Cannon Lane Primary School ranked 10th of 39 primary schools in Harrow for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cannon Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Cannon Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cannon Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cannon Lane Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2026.