Elm Park Primary School
South End Road, Elm Park, Hornchurch, RM12 5UA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lesley Fuller
- Federation
- The Aspire Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 102272
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708451463
About this school
Elm Park Primary School is a community primary school in Hornchurch. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 419 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 64% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 82% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 72% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 56% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Elm Park 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 | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 424 |
| 2024/25 | 416 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Elm Park Primary School compares
Elm Park Primary School ranked 41st of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 4.9% | 18.5% | 419 | — |
| Benhurst Primary School | 63% | 6.2% | 15.1% | 410 | 0.3 miles |
| R J Mitchell Primary School | 47% | 7.4% | 28.1% | 268 | 0.5 miles |
| Scotts Primary School | 90% | 3.2% | 8.6% | 421 | 0.5 miles |
| Suttons Primary School | 75% | 4% | 11.5% | 468 | 0.6 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 215 | 0.9 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)
- 18.51%
- English as an additional language
- 31.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.87%
- Persistent absence
- 13.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Benhurst Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
R J Mitchell Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Scotts Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Suttons Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
Other schools in Hornchurch
Elm Park Primary School ranks 12th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Hornchurch.
- Ardleigh Green Infant School Primary
- Ardleigh Green Junior School Primary
- Benhurst Primary School Primary
- Hacton Primary School Primary
- Harrow Lodge Primary School Primary
- Langtons Infant School & Nursery Primary
- Langtons Junior Academy Primary
- Nelmes Primary School Primary
- R J Mitchell Primary School Primary
- Scotts Primary School Primary
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Elm Park Primary School teach?
- Elm Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Hornchurch.
- Who is the headteacher of Elm Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Elm Park Primary School is Mrs Lesley Fuller, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Elm Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elm Park 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 big is Elm Park Primary School?
- Elm Park Primary School has 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Elm Park Primary School full?
- Elm Park Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 419 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Elm Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Elm Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Elm Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Elm Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Elm Park Primary School?
- Elm Park Primary School is part of the The Aspire Learning Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Elm Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Elm Park Primary School rank locally?
- Elm Park Primary School ranked 41st of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Elm Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Elm Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Elm Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elm Park 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 13 August 2026.