The Breakspear School
Bushey Road, Ickenham, UB10 8JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Elisa Woolley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 680
- URN
- 102369
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895462390
About this school
The Breakspear School is a community primary school in Ickenham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 680 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Breakspear 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 90 | 82 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 82% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 11% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 87% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 90% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 96% | 91% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
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 The Breakspear 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 77% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 650 |
| 2023/24 | 635 |
| 2024/25 | 672 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Breakspear School compares
The Breakspear School ranked 13th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.8% | 6.4% | 680 | — |
| Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School | — | 6.3% | 8.7% | 235 | 0.9 miles |
| Whiteheath Junior School | 95% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 274 | 0.9 miles |
| Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School | 41% | 6.5% | 16.5% | 236 | 0.9 miles |
| Glebe Primary School | 79% | 4.7% | 9.2% | 619 | 1.0 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 80% | 4.1% | 5% | 642 | 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)
- 6.4%
- English as an additional language
- 26.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.78%
- Persistent absence
- 6.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Whiteheath Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Glebe Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Uxbridge
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Ruislip
Common questions
- What ages does The Breakspear School teach?
- The Breakspear School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ickenham.
- Who is the headteacher of The Breakspear School?
- The headteacher of The Breakspear School is Miss Elisa Woolley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Breakspear School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Breakspear 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 The Breakspear School?
- The Breakspear School has 680 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is The Breakspear School full?
- The Breakspear School has capacity for 720 pupils and 680 on roll (94%), 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 The Breakspear School a faith school?
- No. The Breakspear School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Breakspear School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Breakspear School as having nursery classes.
- How have The Breakspear School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Breakspear School compare with other schools in Hillingdon?
- The Breakspear School ranked 13th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Breakspear School's absence rate?
- The Breakspear School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Breakspear School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Breakspear 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.