Hillside Junior School
Northwood Way, Northwood, HA6 1RX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Davies
- Constituency
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 102435
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01923825991
About this school
Hillside Junior School is a foundation primary school in Northwood. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 210 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 60 | 49 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 63% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 2% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 73% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 71% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 67% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
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 Hillside Junior 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 | 67% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 221 |
| 2023/24 | 224 |
| 2024/25 | 221 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hillside Junior School compares
Hillside Junior School ranked 29th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.7% | 19.9% | 210 | — |
| Hillside Infant School | — | 5.8% | 12.9% | 201 | 0.0 miles |
| Frithwood Primary School | 72% | 6.1% | 12% | 374 | 0.5 miles |
| Pinner Wood School | 86% | 4.2% | 10.6% | 681 | 0.7 miles |
| Harlyn Primary School | 60% | 4.8% | 13.7% | 364 | 0.8 miles |
| Greenfields Primary School | 67% | 6.7% | 24.1% | 212 | 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)
- 19.91%
- English as an additional language
- 59.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.72%
- Persistent absence
- 13.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hillside Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Northwood
-
Frithwood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Northwood
-
Pinner Wood School0.7 miles
Primary · Pinner
-
Harlyn Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Middlesex
-
Greenfields Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Watford
Other schools in Northwood
- Eastbury Farm Primary School Primary
- Frithwood Primary School Primary
- Hillside Infant School Primary
- Northwood School Secondary
- UTC Heathrow Secondary
- Merchant Taylors' School Independent schools
- Northwood College for Girls GDST Independent schools
- St Helen's School Independent schools
- St Martin's School Independent schools
- London School of Theology Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Hillside Junior School teach?
- Hillside Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Northwood.
- Who is the headteacher of Hillside Junior School?
- The headteacher of Hillside Junior School is Mr Andrew Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hillside Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hillside Junior 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 Hillside Junior School?
- Hillside Junior School has 210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Hillside Junior School full?
- Hillside Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 210 on roll (88%), 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 Hillside Junior School a faith school?
- No. Hillside Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hillside Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hillside Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hillside Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hillside Junior School rank locally?
- Hillside Junior School ranked 29th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hillside Junior School's absence rate?
- Hillside Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hillside Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hillside Junior 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.