Hilldene Primary School
Grange Road, Romford, RM3 7DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Georgina Delmonte
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 643
- URN
- 102325
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708342453
About this school
Hilldene Primary School is a community primary school in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 643 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hilldene 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 37% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 4% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 57% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 49% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 52% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 99.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Hilldene 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 | 54% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 684 |
| 2023/24 | 680 |
| 2024/25 | 663 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hilldene Primary School compares
Hilldene Primary School ranked 35th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 5.8% | 24.8% | 643 | — |
| St Ursula's Catholic Primary School | 63% | 3.1% | 15.3% | 423 | 0.2 miles |
| Broadford Primary School | 49% | 5.1% | 31.5% | 654 | 0.6 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Junior School | 47% | 7.1% | 50.8% | 234 | 0.8 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Infant School | — | 7.5% | 36.3% | 198 | 0.9 miles |
| Mead Primary School | 40% | 6.1% | 38.5% | 801 | 1.0 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)
- 24.84%
- English as an additional language
- 39.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.78%
- Persistent absence
- 17.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Ursula's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Broadford Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Drapers' Brookside Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Drapers' Brookside Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Mead Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Hilldene Primary School ranks 24th 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 Hilldene Primary School teach?
- Hilldene Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of Hilldene Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hilldene Primary School is Mrs Georgina Delmonte, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hilldene Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hilldene 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 Hilldene Primary School?
- Hilldene Primary School has 643 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hilldene Primary School full?
- Hilldene Primary School has capacity for 720 pupils and 643 on roll (89%), 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 Hilldene Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hilldene Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hilldene Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hilldene Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Hilldene Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hilldene Primary School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Hilldene Primary School ranked 35th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hilldene Primary School's absence rate?
- Hilldene Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hilldene Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hilldene 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.