Nelmes Primary School
Wingletye Lane, Hornchurch, RM11 3BX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsten Cooper
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 433
- URN
- 102321
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708447676
About this school
Nelmes Primary School is a community primary school in Hornchurch. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 433 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 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 | 60 | 64 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 86% | 89% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 17% | 28% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 86% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 98% | 86% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 80% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 107.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.10 | - | - |
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 Nelmes 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 | 90% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 89% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 434 |
| 2023/24 | 434 |
| 2024/25 | 430 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nelmes Primary School compares
Nelmes Primary School ranked 2nd of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% 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 | 89% | 4% | 6.1% | 433 | — |
| Harold Wood Primary School | 52% | 4.7% | 15.9% | 641 | 0.4 miles |
| Ardleigh Green Junior School | 75% | 4.4% | 12.8% | 360 | 0.7 miles |
| Ardleigh Green Infant School | — | 4.9% | 6.7% | 269 | 0.7 miles |
| Towers Infant School | — | 3.7% | 5.2% | 309 | 1.2 miles |
| Squirrels Heath Primary School | 76% | 4.7% | 23.5% | 600 | 1.2 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)
- 6.05%
- English as an additional language
- 21.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.98%
- Persistent absence
- 7.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harold Wood Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Ardleigh Green Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Ardleigh Green Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Towers Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Squirrels Heath Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Hornchurch
Nelmes Primary School ranks 2nd of the 13 ranked primary schools in Hornchurch.
- Ardleigh Green Infant School Primary
- Ardleigh Green Junior School Primary
- Benhurst Primary School Primary
- Elm Park Primary School Primary
- Hacton Primary School Primary
- Harrow Lodge Primary School Primary
- Langtons Infant School & Nursery Primary
- Langtons Junior Academy 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 Nelmes Primary School teach?
- Nelmes Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Hornchurch.
- Who is the headteacher of Nelmes Primary School?
- The headteacher of Nelmes Primary School is Mrs Kirsten Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nelmes Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nelmes 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 Nelmes Primary School?
- Nelmes Primary School has 433 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Nelmes Primary School full?
- Nelmes Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 433 on roll (103%), 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 Nelmes Primary School a faith school?
- No. Nelmes Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Nelmes Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Nelmes Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Nelmes Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Nelmes Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Nelmes Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 90% in 2022/23 and 89% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nelmes Primary School rank locally?
- Nelmes Primary School ranked 2nd of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% 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 Nelmes Primary School's absence rate?
- Nelmes Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nelmes Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nelmes 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.