Gidea Park Primary School
Lodge Avenue, Gidea Park, Romford, RM2 5AJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Pawan Sharma
- Constituency
- Romford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 459
- URN
- 102308
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708743801
About this school
Gidea Park Primary School is a community primary school in Romford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 459 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Gidea Park 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 May 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 61 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 85% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 23% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 92% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 90% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 94% | 93% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 108.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
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 Gidea 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 | 83% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 448 |
| 2023/24 | 419 |
| 2024/25 | 458 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gidea Park Primary School compares
Gidea Park Primary School ranked 15th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 3.5% | 9% | 459 | — |
| St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 58% | 4.1% | 13.6% | 675 | 0.6 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 3.8% | 9.4% | 376 | 0.7 miles |
| Squirrels Heath Primary School | 76% | 4.7% | 23.5% | 600 | 0.7 miles |
| Hylands Primary School | 62% | 4.9% | 21.9% | 658 | 0.8 miles |
| The Mawney Foundation School | 67% | 5.9% | 22.4% | 650 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.95%
- English as an additional language
- 40.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.5%
- Persistent absence
- 6.94%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Romford
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Squirrels Heath Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Hylands Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Romford
-
The Mawney Foundation School0.9 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Gidea Park Primary School ranks 11th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Romford.
- Barley Lane Primary School Primary
- Broadford Primary School Primary
- Chadwell Primary School Primary
- Clockhouse Primary School Primary
- Concordia Academy Primary
- Crowlands Primary School Primary
- Crownfield Infant School Primary
- Crownfield Junior School Primary
- Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School Primary
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Gidea Park Primary School teach?
- Gidea Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of Gidea Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gidea Park Primary School is Mrs Pawan Sharma, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Gidea Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gidea 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 many pupils are at Gidea Park Primary School?
- Gidea Park Primary School has 459 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gidea Park Primary School full?
- Gidea Park Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 459 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gidea Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gidea Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gidea Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gidea Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Gidea Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gidea Park Primary School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Gidea Park Primary School ranked 15th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gidea Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Gidea Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gidea Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gidea 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 29 June 2026.